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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458042003321

Autore

Formigari Lia <1931->

Titolo

Signs, science and politics [[electronic resource] ] : philosophies of language in Europe, 1700-1830 / / Lia Formigari ; translated by William Dodd

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, 1993

ISBN

1-283-31293-X

9786613312938

90-272-7688-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (228 p.)

Collana

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences, , 0304-0720 ; ; v. 70

Altri autori (Persone)

FormigariLia <1931->

DoddWilliam

Disciplina

401

Soggetti

Language and languages - Philosophy - History

Semiotics - History

Linguistics - Europe - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. and enlarged ed. of: L'esperienza e il segno. Roma : Editori Riuniti, 1990.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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 was called into question. Its epilogue is the description of the birth of an alternative between empiricism and idealism in late 18th- and early 19th-century theories of language.This alternative has given



rise to such irreducible dichotomies as empirical linguistics vs. speculative linguistics, philosoph