The history of linguistics has always been intertwined with the history of teaching. The most influential grammarians, rhetoricians and philosophers were also teachers, who hoped to initiate their students in the secrets of language. Innovative linguistic theories were often developed in the context of education; and through the centuries, linguistic treatises were organized in the form of pedagogical handbooks, written in a didactic style that aimed at involving students. Linguistic theories would not survive if they were not taught; hence linguists have always needed to compete with one another in order to attract the best students to their schools.weiterlesen