Speculative grammar, universal grammar and philosophical analysis of language / edited by Dino Buzzetti and Maurizio Ferriani.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Buzzetti, Dino.

Ferriani, Maurizio.

Università di Bologna. Dipartimento di filosofia.

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Studies in the history of the language sciences ; Series III, v. 42.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences, 0304-0720 ; v. 42

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--History.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Language and languages--Philosophy--History.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (279 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1987.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume brings together papers originally presented at a seminar series on Speculative Grammar, Universal Grammar, and Philosophical Analysis, held at the University of Bologna in 1984. The seminars aimed at considering various aspects of the interplay between linguistic theories on the one hand, and theories of meaning and logic on the other. The point of view was mainly historical, but a theoretical approach was also considered relevant. Theories of grammar and related topics were taken as a focal point of interest; their interaction with philosophical reflections on languages was examin

Contents:

SPECULATIVE GRAMMAR, UNIVERSAL GRAMMAR AND PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS OF LANGUAGE; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; PREFACE; THE GRAMMAR OF QUIDDITY; THE GRAMMARIAN'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF SEMANTICS RENAISSANCE TO ENLIGHTENMENT; THE LEIBNIZIAN CHARACTERISTICA UNIVERSALIS AS LINK BETWEEN GRAMMAR AND LOGIC; LANGUAGES AS MÉTHODES ANALYTIQUES IN CONDILLAC; TURGOT'S ""ÉTYMOLOGIE"" AND MODERN LINGUISTICS; GRAMMAIRE PHILOSOPHIQUE OU DÉCADENCE DE LA GRAMMAIRE ET DE LA PHILOSOPHIE LA GRAMMAIRE EN 1800; KANT ON LOGIC, LANGUAGE AND THOUGHT

PEIRCE'S ANALYSIS OF THE PROPOSITION: GRAMMATICAL AND LOGICAL ASPECTSTHE LOGICS OF FREGE'S CONTEMPORARIES, OR ""DER VERDERBLICHE EINBRUCH DER PSYCHOLOGIE IN DIE LOGIK""; HUSSERL, LANGUAGE, AND THE ONTOLOGY OF THE ACT; STRATEGIES IN UNIVERSAL GRAMMAR: THE CASE OF MEANING POSTULATES IN CLASSICAL MONTAGUE GRAMMAR; INDEX NOMINUM; INDEX RERUM

Notes:

Based on a seminar held at the University of Bologna, Dept. of Philosophy in 1984.

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-31385-5

9786613313850

90-272-7885-7

OCLC:

756484648