Women in the History of Linguistics

Women in the History of Linguistics

Author: Professor of French Philology and Linguistics Wendy Ayres-Bennett

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN: 9780198754954

Category: Linguistics

Page: 672

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This volume offers a ground-breaking investigation into women's contribution to the description, analysis, and codification of languages across a wide range of linguistic and cultural traditions. The chapters explore a variety of spheres of activity, from the production of dictionaries and grammars to language teaching methods and language policy.
Women in the History of Linguistics
Language: en
Pages: 672

Women in the History of Linguistics

Authors: Professor of French Philology and Linguistics Wendy Ayres-Bennett, Wendy Ayres-Bennett, Helena Sanson, Professor of Italian History of Linguistics and Women's Studies Helena Sanson
Categories: Linguistics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-01-07 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

This volume offers a ground-breaking investigation into women's contribution to the description, analysis, and codification of languages across a wide range of linguistic and cultural traditions. The chapters explore a variety of spheres of activity, from the production of dictionaries and grammars to language teaching methods and language policy.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History
Language: en
Pages: 2752

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History

Authors: Bonnie G. Smith
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

This encyclopedia captures the experiences of women throughout world history and illuminates how they have influenced and been influenced by these historical, social, and demographic changes. It contains over 1,300 signed articles covering six main areas: biographies; geography and history; comparative culture and society; organizations and movements; womens and gender
The Linguistics of Spoken Communication in Early Modern English Writing
Language: en
Pages: 357

The Linguistics of Spoken Communication in Early Modern English Writing

Authors: Imogen Marcus
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-11-20 - Publisher: Springer

This book uses a corpus of manuscript letters from Bess of Hardwick to investigate how linguistic features characteristic of spoken communication function within early modern epistolary prose. Using these letters as a primary data source with reference to other epistolary materials from the early modern period (1500-1750), the author examines
History of Linguistics 2017
Language: en
Pages: 245

History of Linguistics 2017

Authors: Émilie Aussant, Jean-Michel Fortis
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-05-15 - Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

The present book is a selection of papers from the 14th International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (Paris 2017). The volume is divided thematically into three parts: I. Notions and categories, II. Representations and receptions, III. Learning, codification and the linguistic practices of social actors. The first
Language and Social History
Language: en
Pages: 352

Language and Social History

Authors: Rajend Mesthrie
Categories: Sociolinguistics
Type: BOOK - Published: 1995 - Publisher: New Africa Books

Books about Language and Social History