History of linguistics

The history of linguistics is concerned on the one hand with the history of knowledge of grammar and linguistic contexts, with the development of terminology and concepts, but also with the emergence of knowledge about linguistic-cognitive contexts.

The focus of linguistics in Graz is on the work of Wilhelm von Humboldt and the modernism that followed him in 19th century linguistics, above all Hugo Schuchardt. The focus is on the contribution that typologically different languages (Basque, Huastec, etc.) made to the European understanding of language and grammar.