| Description |
viii, 422 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index. |
| Contents |
Leibniz on Locke on language -- Study and use of etymology in Leibniz -- History of linguistics and Professor Chomsky -- Locke's reputation in nineteenth-century England -- Tradition of Condillac: the problem of the origin of language in the eighteenth century and the debate in the Berlin Academy before Herder -- Condillac's speechless state -- Thomas Sprat -- John Wilkins -- An outline of language-origins theory since the Renaissance -- Bréal vs. Schleicher: reorientation in linguistics during the latter half of the nineteenth century -- Wilhelm von Humboldt and the linguistic thought of the French Idéalogues -- Taine and Saussure -- Wordsworth, language, and romanticism -- Bréal, "la sémantique", and Saussure. |
| Subject |
Language and languages -- Philosophy -- History.
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Language and languages -- Philosophy. |
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History. |
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Linguistics -- History.
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Linguistics. |
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Langage et langues -- Philosophie -- Histoire. |
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Linguistique -- Histoire. |
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Lingüística -- Historia -- Discursos, ensayos, conferencias
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| ISBN |
0816609640 paperback |
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9780816609642 paperback |
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0816609675 : $29.50 |
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9780816609673 |
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