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When were linguistics departments first established


How old is linguistics as a discipline?What is the current status of (systemic) functional grammar/linguisticsEarliest recognition that Germanic and Romance languages are relatedWho first said that no two words mean the exact same?When was the concept of verbs' principal parts codified, and by whom?Cultural bias in early modern Western linguisticsHow did students learn semantics, if it were belittled from 1910-1965?Which alphabetic writing system first had spaces between words?













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Linguistics differs in studying languages from other fields such as English, French and so on, by concentrating on theoretical parts that are shared by all languages.



I wonder when was the first time that linguistics departments were established in major universities, i.e. what time linguistics was considered as a separate field from other individual languages. Were (most) linguistics departments set up in 1950s after Chomsky's pioneer work?










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Linguistics differs in studying languages from other fields such as English, French and so on, by concentrating on theoretical parts that are shared by all languages.



I wonder when was the first time that linguistics departments were established in major universities, i.e. what time linguistics was considered as a separate field from other individual languages. Were (most) linguistics departments set up in 1950s after Chomsky's pioneer work?










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  • Are you excluding Philology departments?

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  • No, Philology is not considered. Only linguistics or theoretical linguistics

    – Math Wizard
    3 hours ago














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Linguistics differs in studying languages from other fields such as English, French and so on, by concentrating on theoretical parts that are shared by all languages.



I wonder when was the first time that linguistics departments were established in major universities, i.e. what time linguistics was considered as a separate field from other individual languages. Were (most) linguistics departments set up in 1950s after Chomsky's pioneer work?










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Linguistics differs in studying languages from other fields such as English, French and so on, by concentrating on theoretical parts that are shared by all languages.



I wonder when was the first time that linguistics departments were established in major universities, i.e. what time linguistics was considered as a separate field from other individual languages. Were (most) linguistics departments set up in 1950s after Chomsky's pioneer work?







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  • Are you excluding Philology departments?

    – Colin Fine
    3 hours ago











  • No, Philology is not considered. Only linguistics or theoretical linguistics

    – Math Wizard
    3 hours ago


















  • Are you excluding Philology departments?

    – Colin Fine
    3 hours ago











  • No, Philology is not considered. Only linguistics or theoretical linguistics

    – Math Wizard
    3 hours ago

















Are you excluding Philology departments?

– Colin Fine
3 hours ago





Are you excluding Philology departments?

– Colin Fine
3 hours ago













No, Philology is not considered. Only linguistics or theoretical linguistics

– Math Wizard
3 hours ago






No, Philology is not considered. Only linguistics or theoretical linguistics

– Math Wizard
3 hours ago











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Oh, before Chomsky. I have a vague recollection that Leonard Bloomfield helped establish an early department with "linguistics" in its name, but I can't find that. However, note "linguistics" in the titles of some of his professorships, e.g. "Professor of German and Linguistics at the Ohio State University, 1921-1927" (Leonard Bloomfield).



I found it. In 1901 the first department of linguistics was established at the U. of California, History of Berkeley Linguistics.






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    I think Ferdinand de Saussure started teaching general linguistics in Geneva circa 1892. Before that, he taught Gothic and Old German in Paris starting in 1881.






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      Oh, before Chomsky. I have a vague recollection that Leonard Bloomfield helped establish an early department with "linguistics" in its name, but I can't find that. However, note "linguistics" in the titles of some of his professorships, e.g. "Professor of German and Linguistics at the Ohio State University, 1921-1927" (Leonard Bloomfield).



      I found it. In 1901 the first department of linguistics was established at the U. of California, History of Berkeley Linguistics.






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        Oh, before Chomsky. I have a vague recollection that Leonard Bloomfield helped establish an early department with "linguistics" in its name, but I can't find that. However, note "linguistics" in the titles of some of his professorships, e.g. "Professor of German and Linguistics at the Ohio State University, 1921-1927" (Leonard Bloomfield).



        I found it. In 1901 the first department of linguistics was established at the U. of California, History of Berkeley Linguistics.






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          Oh, before Chomsky. I have a vague recollection that Leonard Bloomfield helped establish an early department with "linguistics" in its name, but I can't find that. However, note "linguistics" in the titles of some of his professorships, e.g. "Professor of German and Linguistics at the Ohio State University, 1921-1927" (Leonard Bloomfield).



          I found it. In 1901 the first department of linguistics was established at the U. of California, History of Berkeley Linguistics.






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          Oh, before Chomsky. I have a vague recollection that Leonard Bloomfield helped establish an early department with "linguistics" in its name, but I can't find that. However, note "linguistics" in the titles of some of his professorships, e.g. "Professor of German and Linguistics at the Ohio State University, 1921-1927" (Leonard Bloomfield).



          I found it. In 1901 the first department of linguistics was established at the U. of California, History of Berkeley Linguistics.







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