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Signs, science, and politics : philosophies of language in Europe, 1700-1830 /

This book tells the story of how 18th-century European philosophy used Locke's theory of signs to build a natural history of speech and to investigate the semiotic tools with which nature and civil society can be controlled. The story ends at the point where this approach to language sciences w...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Formigari, Lia, 1931-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Italiano
Publié: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 1993.
Collection:Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Studies in the history of the language sciences ; v. 70.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • SIGNS, SCIENCE AND POLITICS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Preface & Acknowledgements; LIST OF ORIGINAL PLACES OF PUBLICATION; Table of contents; Chapter 1. The Semiotic Control of Experience; Chapter 2. The Semiotic Control of Civil Society; Chapter 3. The Birth of Idealism in Linguistics: The History of a Transition; Bibliography; Indexof Authors; Index of Subjects & Terms