LEADER 03267nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910458042003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-31293-X 010 $a9786613312938 010 $a90-272-7688-9 035 $a(CKB)2550000000049988 035 $a(EBL)784343 035 $a(OCoLC)757390692 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000555499 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11386062 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000555499 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10519130 035 $a(PQKB)10171611 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC784343 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL784343 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10509580 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000049988 100 $a19930813d1993 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSigns, science and politics$b[electronic resource] $ephilosophies of language in Europe, 1700-1830 /$fLia Formigari ; translated by William Dodd 210 $aAmsterdam ;$aPhiladelphia $cJ. Benjamins$d1993 215 $a1 online resource (228 p.) 225 1 $aAmsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences,$x0304-0720 ;$vv. 70 300 $aRev. and enlarged ed. of: L'esperienza e il segno. Roma : Editori Riuniti, 1990. 311 $a1-55619-365-3 311 $a90-272-4557-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aSIGNS, 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 330 $aThis book tells the story of how 18th-century European philosophy used Locke's theory of signs to build a natural history of speech and to investigate the semiotic tools with which nature and civil society can be controlled. The story ends at the point where this approach to language sciences was called into question. Its epilogue is the description of the birth of an alternative between empiricism and idealism in late 18th- and early 19th-century theories of language.This alternative has given rise to such irreducible dichotomies as empirical linguistics vs. speculative linguistics, philosoph 410 0$aAmsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science.$nSeries III,$pStudies in the history of the language sciences ;$vv. 70. 606 $aLanguage and languages$xPhilosophy$xHistory 606 $aSemiotics$xHistory 606 $aLinguistics$zEurope$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLanguage and languages$xPhilosophy$xHistory. 615 0$aSemiotics$xHistory. 615 0$aLinguistics$xHistory. 676 $a401 700 $aFormigari$b Lia$f1931-$0156069 701 $aFormigari$b Lia$f1931-$0156069 701 $aDodd$b William$0288108 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458042003321 996 $aSigns, science and politics$92259782 997 $aUNINA