Linguistics in Britain

This is a collection of ‘linguistic autobiographies’ by 23 British linguists who played a major role in the development of the subject in Britain during the second half of the twentieth century.<br /> <ul> <li style=”list-style: none”><br /> </li> <li>Includes contributions from 23 major British linguists.<br /> </li> <li>Provides an overview of the rapid growth of linguistics in the last 50 years.<br /> </li> <li>Reflects on the achievements of British linguistics since the Second World War.</li> </ul>