| Description |
viii, 422 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Leibniz on Locke on language -- The study and use of etymology in Leibniz -- The history of linguistics and Professor Chomsky -- Locke's reputation in nineteenth-century England -- The tradition of Condillac.. -- Condillac's speechless statue -- Thomas Sprat -- John Wilkins -- An outline of language origins theory since the Renaissance -- Bréal vs.Schlechler: reorientation in linguistics during the latter half of the nineteenth century -- Wilhelm von Humboldt and the linguistic thought of the French idéologues -- Taine and Saussure -- Wordsworth, language and romanticism -- Bréal, "la sémantique", and Saussure |
| Analysis |
Language and languages Philosophy History |
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Linguistics History |
| Notes |
Linguistics (BNB/PRECIS) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Language and languages -- Philosophy -- History.
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Linguistics -- History.
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Linguistics.
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Linguistics -- history.
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| LC no. |
86672210 |
| ISBN |
048530001X |
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