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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... speakers, but little or nothing on language. This interpretation has been suggested by Chomsky himself, when he treats external language as purely derivative and therefore theoretically secondary, and has been officially sanctioned in ...
... speakers, but little or nothing on language. This interpretation has been suggested by Chomsky himself, when he treats external language as purely derivative and therefore theoretically secondary, and has been officially sanctioned in ...
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... speakers, which we more or less consciously use to evaluate the correctness and clarity of our own and others' utterances. This knowledge is not dependent on professional training, and has no scientific terminology nor methodology ofits ...
... speakers, which we more or less consciously use to evaluate the correctness and clarity of our own and others' utterances. This knowledge is not dependent on professional training, and has no scientific terminology nor methodology ofits ...
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... speaker's state of mind and the pragmatic situation of the utterance. The semiological approach focuses on the relations of each unit of meaning with the rest of the system. The psychological and cognitive approach deals with the ...
... speaker's state of mind and the pragmatic situation of the utterance. The semiological approach focuses on the relations of each unit of meaning with the rest of the system. The psychological and cognitive approach deals with the ...
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... speakers. Thus, the true 'Hellenizer' is one who speaks as a philosopher to philosophers and as a doctor to doctors, using barb arisms with servants and cultivated language with more sophisticated interlocutors (Against the Prof. I, 231 ...
... speakers. Thus, the true 'Hellenizer' is one who speaks as a philosopher to philosophers and as a doctor to doctors, using barb arisms with servants and cultivated language with more sophisticated interlocutors (Against the Prof. I, 231 ...
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... speaker's words that we consult, but the truth which presides over the mind itself from within, though we may have been let to consult it because of the words” (XI, 38). The arts of language are dealt with in another of Augustine's ...
... speaker's words that we consult, but the truth which presides over the mind itself from within, though we may have been let to consult it because of the words” (XI, 38). The arts of language are dealt with in another of Augustine's ...
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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