Key Thinkers In Linguistics And The Philosophy Of Language

This book is a unique and accessible reference guide to the work of eightykey figures who have played an important role in the development of ideas aboutlanguage from antiquity to the twenty-first century. The entries are extensivelycross referenced, allowing readers to trace influences, developments, anddebates both in contemporary thinking and across time. Each entry concludes withsuggestions for further reading of primary texts and secondary sources,encouraging readers to find out more about the particular key thinker and theimpact of his or her ideas.