The Language of History and the History of Language: An Inaugural Lecture Delivered Before the University of Oxford on 11 May 1998

In his inaugural lecture, Professor Evans argues that the study of history and of languages have much more to offer each other than has generally been recognized, over and above the immediate practical needs of reading foreign sources and literature. Recent methodological debates about language, often subsumed under the label of post-modernism, may seem to have called in question the professional criteria for historical research. In reality they afford a challenge to historians to acquaint themselves better with the ... Read More

In his inaugural lecture, Professor Evans argues that the study of history and of languages have much more to offer each other than has generally been recognized, over and above the immediate practical needs of reading foreign sources and literature. Recent methodological debates about language, often subsumed under the label of post-modernism, may seem to have called in question the professional criteria for historical research. In reality they afford a challenge to historians to acquaint themselves better with the techniques of linguists, especially those in the newly burgeoning field of sociolinguistics. Read Less

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1999, Clarendon Press, New York, NY ISBN-13: 9780199513871 Hardcover See All