A History of Language PhilosophiesTheory and history combine in this book to form a coherent narrative of the debates on language and languages in the Western world, from ancient classic philosophy to the present, with a final glance at on-going discussions on language as a cognitive tool, on its bodily roots and philogenetic role. An introductory chapter reviews the epistemological areas that converge into, or contribute to, language philosophy, and discusses their methods, relations, and goals. In this context, the status of language philosophy is discussed in its relation to the sciences and the arts of language. Each chapter is followed by a list of suggested readings that refer the reader to the final bibliography. About the author: Lia Formigari, Professor Emeritus at University of Rome, La Sapienza. Her publications include: Language and Experience in XVIIth-century British Philosophy. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: J. Benjamins, 1988; Signs, Science and Politics. Philosophies of Language in Europe 1700 1830. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: J. Benjamins, 1993; La sémiotique empiriste face au kantisme. Liège: Mardaga, 1994. |
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... grammar, categories of thought 18 2.3 The foundations of Aristotle's semantics 21 2.4 From voice to speech 24 2.5 Scepticism, communication, and silence 30 2.6 Signs and signs of signs 35 Suggestions for further reading 38 CHAPTER 3 A ...
... grammar, categories of thought 18 2.3 The foundations of Aristotle's semantics 21 2.4 From voice to speech 24 2.5 Scepticism, communication, and silence 30 2.6 Signs and signs of signs 35 Suggestions for further reading 38 CHAPTER 3 A ...
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... (grammar, for example, or rhetoric). However, I have provided information on the great partitions of linguistic knowledge, and references that should help readers to orient themselves, highlighting the intersections of the philosophical ...
... (grammar, for example, or rhetoric). However, I have provided information on the great partitions of linguistic knowledge, and references that should help readers to orient themselves, highlighting the intersections of the philosophical ...
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... grammar reformation. Intersections and juxtapositions of the philosophical study of language with disciplines such as poetics, grammar, rhetoric, dialectics, philology, hermeneutics, translation theory, etc., have been so frequent, that ...
... grammar reformation. Intersections and juxtapositions of the philosophical study of language with disciplines such as poetics, grammar, rhetoric, dialectics, philology, hermeneutics, translation theory, etc., have been so frequent, that ...
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... grammar, dialectics, and rhetoric. The term 'art' seems appropriate when we consider the apparent spontaneity of speech, a natural trait of human behavior we learn without thinking and teach simply by speaking and acting linguistically ...
... grammar, dialectics, and rhetoric. The term 'art' seems appropriate when we consider the apparent spontaneity of speech, a natural trait of human behavior we learn without thinking and teach simply by speaking and acting linguistically ...
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... grammar, which has become a part of general linguistics — have been joined by new disciplines such as psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, and ethnolinguistics, which have taken on some of their explicative functions. Among contemporary ...
... grammar, which has become a part of general linguistics — have been joined by new disciplines such as psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, and ethnolinguistics, which have taken on some of their explicative functions. Among contemporary ...
Contents
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4 Philosophy of language from Boethius to Locke | 57 |
5 Language and philosophy from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment | 83 |
6 Languages peoples and nations | 129 |
7 Language and philosophy at the turn of the 19th century | 149 |
8 Conclusion | 189 |
Bibliography | 207 |
Author index | 237 |
Subject index | 245 |
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