Serendipities : language & lunacy /

Best-selling author Umberto Eco's latest work unlocks the riddles of history in an exploration of the "linguistics of the lunatic," stories told by scholars, scientists, poets, fanatics, and ordinary people in order to make sense of the world. Exploring the "Force of the False,&q...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Eco, Umberto
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Italiano
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, ©1998.
Series:Italian Academy lectures.
Subjects:
Language and languages > Philosophy.
Intercultural communication.
Langage et langues > Philosophie.
Communication interculturelle.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Historical & Comparative.
Serendipiteit.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Force of falsity
  • Languages in paradise
  • From Marco Polo to Leibniz : stories of intellectual misunderstandings
  • Language of the Austral Land
  • Linguistics of Joseph de Maistre.

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