A comprehensive account of essential periods and areas of research in the history of American Linguistics which addresses contemporary debates and issues within

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Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767–1835), an early pioneer in the philosophy of language, linguistic and educational theory, was not only one of the first European li

This volume represents the first time that researchers on signed language and gesture have come together with a coherent focus under the framework of cognitive