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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789823903321

Autore

Lauzon Matthew <1972->

Titolo

Signs of light [[electronic resource] ] : French and British theories of linguistic communication, 1648-1789 / / Matthew Lauzon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca, NY, : Cornell University Press, 2010

ISBN

0-8014-5894-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (268 p.)

Disciplina

410.944/09032

Soggetti

Linguistics - France - History - 17th century

Linguistics - France - History - 18th century

Linguistics - Great Britain - History - 17th century

Linguistics - Great Britain - History - 18th century

Language and languages - Philosophy - History - 17th century

Language and languages - Philosophy - History - 18th century

Enlightenment - France

Enlightenment - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Bestial banter -- Homo risus : making light of animal language -- Warming savage hearts and heating eloquent tongues -- From savage orators to savage languages -- French levity -- English energy -- Coda : French levity and English energy in the revolutionary wake.