This classic text presents a comprehensive account of linguistic history from its origins in Europe some 2500 years ago to the present day.

The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks, as well as studies that provide new insights by approaching language from an interdisciplinary perspective.

This collection of essays documents the important developments of Western linguistics from Classical times onwards.

The volume contains the texts of interviews realized with three linguists: the late Andre-Georges Haudricourt (1911-1996), Henry M. Hoenigswald (born in 1915) and Robert H. Robins (born in 1921).