The History of Linguistics in Europe: From Plato to 1600 Book

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	Preface
1	Getting ready to study the history of linguistics	1
2	Greek philosophy and the origins of western linguistics	13
3	Towards a discipline of grammar: the transition from philosophy	38
4	From literacy to grammar: describing language structure in the ancient world	52
5	Christianity and language	94
6	The early Middle Ages	112
7	The Carolingian Renaissance	139
8	Scholasticism: linking language and reality	158
9	Medieval vernacular grammars	190
10	The Renaissance: discovery of the outer world	210
11	A brief overview of linguistics since 1600	258
12	Becoming a historian of linguistics	276
	Research resources in the history of linguistics	284
	Notes	290
	Index	299