1) Language, speech, linguistics

2) Disciplines and approaches of the linguistics

3) Periodization of the linguistics

4) History of the linguistic reflexion - big questions of the linguistic philosophy/anthropology

5) History of the linguistic reflexion - schools and traditions:

A selection of the most important works about the language from the Middle Ages to the XVIIIth century (R. Descartes, edition of grammars,the Enlightenment and the linguistic tradition of the XVIIIth century. J.J. Rousseau). The comparative and historical grammar of the XIXth century (the experimental phonetics. P. Passy, French psychological and sociological school, M. Grammont, A. Meillet, F. Brunot, H. Delacroix)