Potential use in advanced undergraduate and postgraduate courses on the history of linguistics and the history of linguistic ideas. A list of applicable courses can be found here: http://www.henrysweet.org/links-2/teaching-the-history-of-linguistics/ Examples include: University of Edinburgh, LASC10096: History of Linguistics Linguistics as an institutionalised discipline can look back on a history of around two hundred years. In this relatively short time span the discipline has played host to a variety of conceptions of human language and different approaches to its study. This course surveys key ideas that have shaped linguistics as a discipline and the debates surrounding them. The aim is to understand the background of linguistics as currently practised, along with how it has come to be situated where it is with respect to related sciences. The course is structured around the question of how linguists have responded to the diversity of the world''s languages.

Lecturer: James McElvenny 30 students Also taught at postgraduate level: LASC11129: History of Linguistics Newcastle University: SEL3349: The History of Linguistic Ideas This module explores different theoretical approaches to ''language'' and ''languages'' from antiquity to the present. In addition to discussing the content of the approaches themselves, however, the module will also examine the intellectual environment, history and culture in which these theories arose. The goal will be to appreciate both the role that intellectual and cultural contexts play in the development of theories of language and the impact that theories of language can have on intellectual and cultural trends. Essential reading: Law''s The History of Linguistics in Europe from Plato to 1600 (CUP, 2008), supplemented with chapters from a range of titles Lecturer: Geoffrey Poole No of students tbc Boston College, LING3356: Classics in Linguistics Elective, offered every 2 years Supervised readings, reports and discussions on formative and important works in the development of linguistic thought from the ancient world up through modern linguistic controversies. Readings are chosen with partial consideration of students'' research interests. Essential reading: Thomas Fifty Key Thinkers on Language and Linguistics (Routledge, 2011) Lecturer: Margaret Thomas and M.J. Connolly No of students: 15 Potsdam, University, History of Linguistics (elective) Potsdam University, The History of Linguistic Relativity (elective) Recommended reading: Morpurgo Davies History of Linguistics , vol.

4: Nineteenth-century Linguistics (Routledge, 1998) and Auroux et al (2000-2006), History of the Language Sciences, 3 vols (de Gruyter) Lecturer: Gerda Haßler 30/30 students Adam Mickiewicz University, History of Western linguistic thought (from Antiquity to the Age of Reason) (elective) Recurrent themes are examined, such as the origin of language, the relationship between language, thought, and the world, attempts at language classification, or the place of the study of language vis-à-vis other disciplines. The interests peculiar to each period are looked at with the view towards assessing the achievements of that period in its own terms, as well as establishing their relevance for the later development of linguistics. Wherever possible, the presentation is based not only on secondary literature and commentaries, but also on original primary sources. Recommended reading: Harris & Taylor''s Landmarks in linguistic thought vol. I: The Western tradition from Socrates to Saussure, 2ndedition (Routledge, 1997), Asher et al''s Concise History of the Language Sciences (Pergamon, 1995), Law''s The History of Linguistics in Europe from Plato to 1600 (CUP, 2011), On Language: Plato to von Humboldt (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969) Lecturer: Arleta Adamska-Sa?aciak 15 students University of Helsinki, LDA-G3103: History of Linguistics The course deals with the development of linguistic thought through time. Attention will be paid not only to the Western tradition starting from Ancient Greece, but also Eastern traditions such as the Chinese, Indian and Arabic ones. The course will also address the history of linguistics in the Nordic countries and observe its connections to linguistics elsewhere in Europe. During the course, special attention will be paid to selected themes of importance in contemporary linguistic research - such as universalism or variation - examining their historical roots and their position in the development of linguistic thought.

Recommended reading: Allan''s The Western Classical Tradition in Linguistics (Equinox, 2010), Lepschy''s History of Linguistics: The Eastern Traditions of Linguistics (Routledge, 1994), Hovdhaugen et al''s The History of Linguistics in the Nordic Countries (Finnish Academy of Science & Letters, 2000) (selected parts) Lecturer: Therese Lindström Tiedemann 5-30 students.