<EM>Landmarks in Linguistic Thought II</EM> introduces the major issues and themes that have determined the development of Western thinking about language, meaning and communication in the twentieth century.<BR>Each chapter contains an extract from a 'landmark' text followed by a commentary, which places the ideas in their social and intellectual context. The book is written in an accessible and non-technical manner.<BR>The book summarizes the contribution of the key thinkers who have shaped modern linguistics: Austin, Chomsky, Derrida, Firth, Goffman, Harris, Jakobson, Labov, Orwell, Sapir, Whorf and Wittgenstein.<BR>This second volume follows on from <EM>Landmarks in Linguistic Thought I</EM>, which introduces the key thinkers up to the twentieth century.<BR>The series is ideal for anyone with an interest in the history of linguistics or of ideas.