Women in the History of Linguistics (Hardcover)

Women in the History of Linguistics is a ground-breaking investigation into women's contribution to the description, analysis, and codification of languages across a wide range of different linguistic and cultural traditions. Notably, the volume looks beyond Europe to Africa, Australia, Asia, and North America, offering a systematic and comparative approach to a subject that has not yet received the scholarly attention it deserves. In view of women's often limited educational opportunities in the past, their impact is examined not only within traditional and institutional contexts, but also in more domestic and less public realms. The chapters explore a variety of spheres of activity, including the production of grammars, dictionaries, philological studies, critical editions, and notes and reflections on the nature of language and writing systems, as well as women's contribution to the documentation and maintenance of indigenous languages, language teaching and acquisition methods, language debates, and language use and policy. Attitudes towards women's language-both positive and negative-that regularly shape linguistic description and analysis are explored, alongside metalinguistic texts specifically addressed to them as readers. Women in the History of Linguistics is intended for all scholars and students interested in the history of linguistics, women's studies, social and cultural history, and the intersection between language and gender

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2020
Editors:	Wendy Ayres-Bennett (Professor of French Philology and Linguistics) • Helena Sanson (Professor of Italian, History of Linguistics, and Women's Studies)
Dimensions:	41 x 163 x 242mm (L x W x H)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	672
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-875495-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Sociolinguistics Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	0-19-875495-7
Barcode:	9780198754954

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