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Language and Society in Early Modern England : Selected essays 1982-1994.

This volume brings together twelve previously published essays, divided into three sections: 1. Surveys of 16th- and 17th-Century Linguistic Scholarship, 2. The Study of Universal and Particular Traits of Language, and 3. Language Learning and Language Instruction. The volume is completed by an inde...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Salmon, Vivian
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1996.
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  • LANGUAGE AND SOCIETY IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND: SELECTED ESSAYS 1981-1994; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; EDITOR'S FOREWORD; Table of contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgment Note; PART I. SURVEYS OF 16TH AND 17TH CENTURY LINGUISTIC SCHOLARSHIP; CHAPTER 1. EFFORT AND ACHIEVEMENT IN 17TH-CENTURY BRITISH LINGUISTICS; CHAPTER 2. ANGLO-DUTCH LINGUISTIC SCHOLARSHIP; CHAPTER 3. VIEWS ON MEANING IN 16TH-CENTURY ENGLAND; CHAPTER 4. LANGUAGE POLITICS OF THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURY ENGLISH CHURCH; PART II. ON UNIVERSAL AND INDIVIDUAL TRAITS OF LANGUAGE.
  • Chapter 5. william bedell and the universal language movement in 17th-century irelandchapter 6. wh- and yes/no questions: charles butler's grammar (1633) and the history of a concept; chapter 7. nathaniel chamberlain and his tractatus de letteris et lingua philosophica (1679); part iii. language learning and language instruction; chapter 8. thomas harriot (1560-1621) and the origins of algonkian linguistics; chapter 9. the study of foreign languages in 17th-century england; chapter 10. arabists and linguists in 17th-century england.
  • Chapter 11. missionary linguistics in 17th-century ireland and a north american analogychapter 12. bathsua makin (1600-c.1673) a pioneer linguist and feminist; publications by vivian salmon, 1988-1996; index of personal names; indexof subjects, terms and languages.