Linguistics in Britain: Personal Histories by Keith Brown (University of Cambridge)
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.
- 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.