Andrew R. Linn

List of John Benjamins publications in which Andrew R. Linn is involved.

Titles

Standardization: Studies from the Germanic languages

Edited by Andrew R. Linn and Nicola McLelland

This volume presents fourteen case studies of standardization processes in eleven different Germanic languages. Together, the contributions confront problematic issues in standardization which will be of interest to sociolinguists, as well as to historical linguists from all language disciplines.… read more

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 235] 2002. xii, 258 pp.

History of Linguistics 1996: Volume 1: Traditions in Linguistics Worldwide

Edited by David Cram, Andrew R. Linn and Elke Nowak

The papers in this volume present a colourful picture of the range of research currently being undertaken in the field of the history of linguistics, with contribution both from established scholars and from younger researchers. The volume is organised on a geographical basis, with sections devoted… read more

[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 94] 1999. xx, 341 pp.

History of Linguistics 1996: Volume 2: From Classical to Contemporary Linguistics

Edited by David Cram, Andrew R. Linn and Elke Nowak

This volume contains papers on linguistic historiography ranging chronologically from ancient Greece to the present, and covering philosophical, social and political aspects of language as well as the study of grammar in the narrow sense. The work opens with the report on a round-table discussion… read more

[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 95] 1999. xx, 390 pp.

Articles (9) | Order by:

Linn, Andrew R. 2014 Parallel languages in the history of language ideology in Norway and the lesson for Nordic higher education English in Nordic Universities: Ideologies and practices, Hultgren, Anna Kristina, Frans Gregersen and Jacob Thøgersen (eds.), pp. 27–52 | Article

This chapter compares recent policy on the use of English and Norwegian in higher education with earlier policies on the relationship between the two standard varieties of Norwegian, and it charts how and why English became a policy issue in Norway. Based on the experience of over a century of… read more

Linn, Andrew R. 2014 The Emergence of the English Native Speaker: A chapter in nineteenthcentury linguistic thought. By Stephanie Hackert Historiographia Linguistica 41:2/3, pp. 387–390 | Review

Linn, Andrew R. 2008 The Birth of Applied Linguistics: The Anglo-Scandinavian school as ‘discourse community’ Historiographia Linguistica 35:3, pp. 342–384 | Article

The major claim of this article is that there is an independent and clearly defined chapter in the development of linguistics, beginning in the 1880s, which represents the birth of modern applied linguistics, and which has been overlooked in linguistic historiography because of the comparative… read more

Linn, Andrew R. 2003 Johan Storm (1836–1920) and the study of French in Scandinavia History of Linguistics 1999: Selected papers from the Eighth International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences, 14–19 September 1999, Fontenay-St.Cloud, Auroux, Sylvian (ed.), pp. 292–304 | Article

McLelland, Nicola and Andrew R. Linn 2002 Introduction Standardization: Studies from the Germanic languages, Linn, Andrew R. and Nicola McLelland (eds.), pp. vii–xii | Miscellaneous

Linn, Andrew R. 2001 The History of Linguistics in the Nordic Countries. By Even Hovdhaugen, Fred Karlsson, Carol Henriksen & Bengt Sigurd Historiographia Linguistica 28:1/2, pp. 199–206 | Review

Linn, Andrew R. 1999 Charles Bertram's 'Royal Danish-English Grammar': The linguistic work of an eighteenth-century fraud History of Linguistics 1996: Volume 2: From Classical to Contemporary Linguistics, Cram, David, Andrew R. Linn and Elke Nowak (eds.), pp. 183–192 | Chapter

Linn, Andrew R. 1996 Concise History of the Language Sciences: From the Sumerians to the Cognitivists. Ed. by E. F. K. Koerner and R.  E. Asher Historiographia Linguistica 23:1/2, pp. 194–200 | Review

Linn, Andrew R. 1996 1997 Annual Colloquium of the Henry Sweet Society For the History of Linguistic Ideas Historiographia Linguistica 23:3, p. | Miscellaneous