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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... Signs and signs of signs 35 Suggestions for further reading 38 CHAPTER 3 A natural history of speech 3.1 Problems in naturalism 39 3.2 Etymological semantics 43 3.3 Communication: Animal and human 46 3.4 Communication: Human and divine ...
... Signs and signs of signs 35 Suggestions for further reading 38 CHAPTER 3 A natural history of speech 3.1 Problems in naturalism 39 3.2 Etymological semantics 43 3.3 Communication: Animal and human 46 3.4 Communication: Human and divine ...
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... signs is privileged at the expense of material, vocal, psychomotor language components, or vice versa; if language is considered exclusively as a product of nature or, on the contrary, of culture; if the role of innate mechanisms is ...
... signs is privileged at the expense of material, vocal, psychomotor language components, or vice versa; if language is considered exclusively as a product of nature or, on the contrary, of culture; if the role of innate mechanisms is ...
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... the degree to which prosodic and sensory—motor mechanisms of discourse contribute to its semantic functioning. They emphasize the specificity of vocal signs compared to other semiotic systems, including gesture. A map of the area.
... the degree to which prosodic and sensory—motor mechanisms of discourse contribute to its semantic functioning. They emphasize the specificity of vocal signs compared to other semiotic systems, including gesture. A map of the area.
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... signs. Romantics used to define language as a work of art, and semiotics is an important instrument in contemporary aesthetics. But among the partitions of philosophy, cognition theories have especially focused on linguistic mediation ...
... signs. Romantics used to define language as a work of art, and semiotics is an important instrument in contemporary aesthetics. But among the partitions of philosophy, cognition theories have especially focused on linguistic mediation ...
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... signs within society”. Linguistics is only a part of it. The task of the linguist “is to find out what makes language a special system within the mass of semiological data” (Saussure 1966: 16). The boundaries of semiotics and its ...
... signs within society”. Linguistics is only a part of it. The task of the linguist “is to find out what makes language a special system within the mass of semiological data” (Saussure 1966: 16). The boundaries of semiotics and its ...
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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