Through Online Papers in Philosophy, I just learned that Anna Szabolsci (NYU) has put together a paper entitled 'From the Study of Ancient Texts to the Study of Talking People: 222 Years of Linguistics' (pdf), which as the title says tells the tale of how the field has developed from its beginnings in the 18th century to the giants of the 20th century. Among the theorists covered are Humboldt, Schlegel, Grimm, Darwin, Saussure, Chomsky and many, many more. The paper is richly illustrated with insertions from Wikipedia, and should be of interest to anyone in this area.
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