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Review article published In: Historiographia Linguistica
Vol. 46:3 (2019) ► pp.131–147

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Traditions, innovations, and connections in writing the history of linguistics

 | University of Leuven
Published online: 17 March 2020
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Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.The self-critical reflex in the (meta) historiography of linguistics
  • 3.Making progress in writing the history of linguistics
  • 4.Establishing dynamic connections
  • Acknowledgements
  • Note
  • References
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