Nineteenth century: historical linguistics.

It is important to know that before the 19th century, language was of interest mainly to philosophers. Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle did make major contributions to the study of language. Plato is said to have been the first person who distinguish between nouns and verbs. This kind of information really complement our knowledge as future linguists because it is important to take a look back in history and check who were the pioneers in the subject we are studying. The paint we are showing is called "Plato and Aristotle in the School of Athens" imagined by Raphael.