The noblest animate motion : speech, physiology and medicine in pre-Cartesian linguistic thought / Jeffrey Wollock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wollock, Jeffrey L.

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Studies in the history of the language sciences ; Series III, v. 83.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences, 0304-0720 ; v. 83

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Speech--Research--History.

Speech.

Speech disorders--Research--History.

Speech disorders.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (512 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., c1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The body of theory on speech production and speech disorder developed prior to Descartes has been so neglected by historians that its very existence is practically unknown today. Yet it provides a framework for understanding the speech process which is not only comprehensive and coherent, but of great relevance to current debates on issues of language performance and applied linguistics. Current theoretical difficulties stem largely from initial errors of Descartes; whereas earlier theoretical formulations, while outlining a bio-mechanics of speech, retain the central role of the human agent.<

Contents:

THE NOBLEST ANIMATE MOTION: SPEECH, PHYSIOLOGY AND MEDICINE IN PRE-CARTESIAN LINGUISTIC THOUGHT; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Table of contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1. Traditional Concepts of Speech and Speech Defect; Chapter 2. Classification of Speech Defect in the Aristotelian Problems; Chapter 3. Galenic Classification of Speech Defect and Disorder; Chapter 4. ""Thin"" Voice or ""Checked"" Voice? Galen's Lost Theory

Chapter 5. Moisture and the Tongue, Place and Manner of Articulation:The Tradition of Aphorism vi.32 up to the RenaissanceChapter 6. Moisture and the Tongue in the Renaissance; Chapter 7. Speech Disorder and Melancholy in the Classical and Medieval Period; Chapter 8. Speech Disorder and Melancholy in the Renaissance; Chapter 9. Sanctorius: Galenus contra Galenum; Appendix. Five Galenic Classifications of Speech Defect and Disorder, 1305-1595; Bibliography; Index: Names; Index: Subjects

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-423) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-31235-2

9786613312358

90-272-7580-7

OCLC:

756484632