This is a collection of 'linguistic autobiographies' by 23 British linguists who played a major role in the development of the subject in Britain during the second half of the twentieth century.

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• Includes contributions from 23 major British linguists.
  
• Provides an overview of the rapid growth of linguistics in the last 50 years.
  
• Reflects on the achievements of British linguistics since the Second World War.