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. |
Contents
1 A map of the area | 1 |
2 Language thought and reality | 15 |
3 A natural history of speech | 39 |
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 |
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STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF THE LANGUAGE SCIENCES | 251 |
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19th century Abelard abstract according analogy analysis analytical animals Aristotle articulated aspects Augustine Auroux Baratin behavior Boethius Chomsky Chomsky’s classic cognitive communication concepts Condillac correspondence Cratylus dialectics Diogenes Laertius discourse distinction empirical essay essence example existence explain expression function grammar grammarians Greek Humboldt ibid idea individual inflectional interpretation Koerner Latin Leibniz Libera linguistic logic meaning mental metaphor mind modes of signifying Modistae names natural languages Neogrammarians notion nouns objects organization origin of language philology philosophy of language principle procedures produced propositions psychology question refer relation representations rhetoric Rijk Roger Bacon Rosier Schlegel semantic semiotics sense sentences Sextus Sextus Empiricus signs sound speak speakers specific speculative grammar speech Stoics structure study of language symbols syntactic texts theory of language things Thomas of Erfurt thought tion tradition transl translation universal grammar usage uttered verbal verbs voice Wittgenstein words