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1 online resource (x, 218 pages) |
| Series |
Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences, 0304-0720 ; v. 70 |
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Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences ; v. 70. 0304-0720
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| Contents |
SIGNS, SCIENCE AND POLITICS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Preface & Acknowledgements; LIST OF ORIGINAL PLACES OF PUBLICATION; Table of contents; Chapter 1. The Semiotic Control of Experience; Chapter 2. The Semiotic Control of Civil Society; Chapter 3. The Birth of Idealism in Linguistics: The History of a Transition; Bibliography; Indexof Authors; Index of Subjects & Terms |
| Summary |
This book tells the story of how 18th-century European philosophy used Locke's theory of signs to build a natural history of speech and to investigate the semiotic tools with which nature and civil society can be controlled. The story ends at the point where this approach to language sciences was called into question. Its epilogue is the description of the birth of an alternative between empiricism and idealism in late 18th- and early 19th-century theories of language. This alternative has given rise to such irreducible dichotomies as empirical linguistics vs. speculative linguistics, philosoph |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-210) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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| Subject |
Language and languages -- Philosophy -- History
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Semiotics -- History
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Linguistics -- Europe -- History
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
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Language and languages -- Philosophy
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Linguistics
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Semiotics
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Sprachphilosophie
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Taalfilosofie.
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Europe
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Formigari, Lia, 1931-
Esperienza e il segno
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| LC no. |
93032116 |
| ISBN |
9789027276889 |
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9027276889 |
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128331293X |
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9781283312936 |
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9786613312938 |
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6613312932 |
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