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    The document provides a timeline of important developments in the field of linguistics from the 5th century BC to the 21st century AD. Some of the key developments include Pāṇini's grammar of Sanskrit in the 5th century BC, considered one of the earliest works in linguistics; developments in the systematic study of Arabic phonology and morphology in the 7th-8th centuries; important works on the history of Arabic, Hebrew, and Latin grammars from the 9th-12th centuries; Roger Bacon and Thomas Aquinas' contributions to the scientific study of language in the 13th century; the development of universal grammar theories by Leibniz and Wilkins in the 16th-17th centuries;

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    The document provides a timeline of important developments in the field of linguistics from the 5th century BC to the 21st century AD. Some of the key developments include Pāṇini's grammar of Sanskrit in the 5th century BC, considered one of the earliest works in linguistics; developments in the systematic study of Arabic phonology and morphology in the 7th-8th centuries; important works on the history of Arabic, Hebrew, and Latin grammars from the 9th-12th centuries; Roger Bacon and Thomas Aquinas' contributions to the scientific study of language in the 13th century; the development of universal grammar theories by Leibniz and Wilkins in the 16th-17th centuries;

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    The document provides a timeline of important developments in the field of linguistics from the 5th century BC to the 21st century AD. Some of the key developments include Pāṇini's grammar of Sanskrit in the 5th century BC, considered one of the earliest works in linguistics; developments in the systematic study of Arabic phonology and morphology in the 7th-8th centuries; important works on the history of Arabic, Hebrew, and Latin grammars from the 9th-12th centuries; Roger Bacon and Thomas Aquinas' contributions to the scientific study of language in the 13th century; the development of universal grammar theories by Leibniz and Wilkins in the 16th-17th centuries;

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    Origin of Linguistics :

    A Timeline

    5th C.
    Pāṇini (c. 520–460 BC) wrote the
    Ashtadhyayi, a grammar of Sanskrit that
    is considered one of the most important
    works in the history of linguistics.
    6th C.
    Priscian (c. 500–570) wrote
    Institutiones grammaticae, a Latin
    grammar that was used for centuries
    as a standard textbook.

    7th C.
    Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad (718–781)
    developed the first systematic study
    of Arabic phonology.
    8th C.
    Al-Farahidi developed the first
    systematic study of Arabic
    morphology.

    9th C.
    Abu al-Walid Muhammad ibn Hisham
    (994–1075) wrote a book on the history
    10th C.
    of Arabic grammar, which is
    Al-Farabi (872–950) developed a
    considered one of the most important
    theory of language that views
    works on the history of Arabic language as a tool for
    grammar. communication and thought.
    Sedulius Scottus (c. 840–894)
    wrote "De arte grammatica" a
    treatise on Latin grammar.

    11th C.
    Sherira Gaon (988–1058) wrote a
    book on the history of the Hebrew
    language, which is considered one of
    12th C.
    the most important works on the Danielis Barbarus (1120–1160)
    history of the Hebrew language. wrote the first Latin grammar to
    be based on the principles of Greek
    grammar.
    Alexander Neckam (1157–1217)
    wrote a book on grammar, which is
    considered one of the most
    important works on medieval
    grammar.
    Origin of Linguistics :
    A Timeline

    13th C.
    Roger Bacon argued that language should
    be studied scientifically, and that grammar
    should be based on observation of actual
    usage.
    Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) argued that
    language is a natural human ability, and
    14th C.
    that it is essential for communication and John Wycliffe (c. 1330–1384)
    thought.
    translated the Bible into English,
    which helped to make English a more
    widely used language.

    15th C.
    William Caxton (c. 1422–1491) was the
    first English printer, and he published
    many important works,
    Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466–1536)
    16th C.
    published the first Greek New Desiderius Erasmus (1466–1536)
    Testament, which helped to revive the published a Greek New Testament,
    study of Greek grammar and which helped to spark the
    literature. Protestant Reformation.
    John Calvin (1509–1564)
    translated the Bible into French,
    which helped to make French a
    more widely used language.

    17th C.
    Francis Bacon (1561–1626) argued that
    language should be studied scientifically,
    18th C.
    and that grammar should be based on Georges de Buffon (1707–1788) argued
    observation of actual usage. that language is a product of human
    John Wilkins (1614–1672) proposed a nature and that it evolves over time.
    universal language, which would be Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716)
    based on a logical system of
    developed a theory of universal
    classification.
    grammar, which he believed was based
    on the structure of the human mind.

    19th C.
    Ferdinand de Saussure (1857–1913)
    developed the structuralist theory of
    language, which sees language as a
    system of signs that are related to
    20th C.
    each other through a network of Noam Chomsky (born 1928)
    oppositions. developed the generative
    grammar theory of language,
    which sees language as a system
    of rules that are used to generate
    an infinite number of sentences.
    George Lakoff (born 1943)
    developed the cognitive theory of
    grammar, which views language as
    a reflection of the way we think
    about the world.
    Origin of Linguistics :
    A Timeline

    21st century
    Cognitive Linguistics gains prominence, exploring the relationship
    between language and cognition.
    Corpus Linguistics emerges, analyzing large collections of text to
    study language patterns and usage.
    Sociolinguistic and variationist approaches thrive, investigating
    John Wycliffe (c. 1330–1384) translated
    language variation and change across social contexts.
    the Bible into English, which helped to
    Neurolinguistics expands, studying the
    makeneural
    English abasis of language
    more widely used
    and language processing in the brain.language.

    Intersection of linguistics with machine learning and AI, with


    applications in natural language processing (NLP).
    Ongoing research, discoveries, and new theories shape the field
    of linguistics in the 21st century.

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