Nationality groups linguists by the country each one came from. Wikipedia describes Noam Chomsky as "an American intellectual, philosopher, linguist, political activist, and social critic," a nationality that placed him within American academic institutions throughout his career. This dimension shows which countries produced the people behind a given theory or school of thought.
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1. Wikipedia: Historical Linguistics
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Modern historical linguistics dates to the late 18th century, having originally grown out of the earlier discipline of philology, the study of ancient texts and documents dating back to antiquity.
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