Models of language and mankind in the milieu of the ‘Idéologues’
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Kerstin Ohligschlaeger-Lim
Abstract
In late 18th century Paris, the possibility of a scientific language in the humanities was a very frequently discussed subject. The circle of the so-called Ideologues who had an enormous influence both philosophically and institutionally, wanted to develop the theory of signs beyond the sensualism of Condillac. Within this purpose, the academic prize contest about the influence of the signs on the thoughts by the Institut National des Sciences et des Arts was tendered in 1797 and awarded in 1799. The topics of different models of language and mankind are two of the most frequent arguments in the essays sent to the contest. In the following article, a selection of eight out of 23 manuscripts will be sketched focusing mainly on their divergent points of view on language as an analytical method and on the role of mathematics as a model of scientific language.
Abstract
In late 18th century Paris, the possibility of a scientific language in the humanities was a very frequently discussed subject. The circle of the so-called Ideologues who had an enormous influence both philosophically and institutionally, wanted to develop the theory of signs beyond the sensualism of Condillac. Within this purpose, the academic prize contest about the influence of the signs on the thoughts by the Institut National des Sciences et des Arts was tendered in 1797 and awarded in 1799. The topics of different models of language and mankind are two of the most frequent arguments in the essays sent to the contest. In the following article, a selection of eight out of 23 manuscripts will be sketched focusing mainly on their divergent points of view on language as an analytical method and on the role of mathematics as a model of scientific language.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Foreword & acknowledgments vii
- Editors’ introduction ix
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Part I. General and particular issues in the history of linguistics
- What do we talk about, when we talk about the history of linguistics? 3
- On the concept of grammatical tradition and its application to linguistic studies in Brazil 17
- The history of the concept of lexicography 31
- The relation of gesture to thought and language 43
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Part II. Antiquity and Middle Ages
- The ancient Greek and Byzantine notion of dialektos 55
- On the typology of ancient grammars 69
- L’interjection dans la tradition grammaticale latine, de l’Antiquité à l’Humanisme 83
- Classifications of words in ancient Sanskrit grammars 97
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Part III. Sixteenth to Eighteenth Century Works
- Notas sobre la difusión en Portugal del Libellus de constructione octo partium orationis (Londres 1513) durante la primera mitad del siglo XVI 113
- Study of the dialogues in the Sprachbücher by Juan Ángel de Zumaran (fl. 1617–1634) 125
- Models of language and mankind in the milieu of the ‘Idéologues’ 139
- Degérando’s three prize essays and the shift in linguistic thought at the turn of the 19th century 149
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Part IV. Nineteenth to Twentieth Century Studies
- Anton Marty’s philosophy of language and his dialogue with linguists 163
- Voices from the field 177
- Saussure et la temporalité 191
- Compléments indirects et circonstanciels dans la grammaire française au cours de la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle 205
- Poétique saussurienne, poétique jakobsonienne 219
- A first history of Functional Grammar 233
- Polysemy in 19th century linguistic studies in Chile 247
- Presupposition and implicitness in the 20th century 257
- Name index 269
- Subject index 275
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Foreword & acknowledgments vii
- Editors’ introduction ix
-
Part I. General and particular issues in the history of linguistics
- What do we talk about, when we talk about the history of linguistics? 3
- On the concept of grammatical tradition and its application to linguistic studies in Brazil 17
- The history of the concept of lexicography 31
- The relation of gesture to thought and language 43
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Part II. Antiquity and Middle Ages
- The ancient Greek and Byzantine notion of dialektos 55
- On the typology of ancient grammars 69
- L’interjection dans la tradition grammaticale latine, de l’Antiquité à l’Humanisme 83
- Classifications of words in ancient Sanskrit grammars 97
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Part III. Sixteenth to Eighteenth Century Works
- Notas sobre la difusión en Portugal del Libellus de constructione octo partium orationis (Londres 1513) durante la primera mitad del siglo XVI 113
- Study of the dialogues in the Sprachbücher by Juan Ángel de Zumaran (fl. 1617–1634) 125
- Models of language and mankind in the milieu of the ‘Idéologues’ 139
- Degérando’s three prize essays and the shift in linguistic thought at the turn of the 19th century 149
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Part IV. Nineteenth to Twentieth Century Studies
- Anton Marty’s philosophy of language and his dialogue with linguists 163
- Voices from the field 177
- Saussure et la temporalité 191
- Compléments indirects et circonstanciels dans la grammaire française au cours de la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle 205
- Poétique saussurienne, poétique jakobsonienne 219
- A first history of Functional Grammar 233
- Polysemy in 19th century linguistic studies in Chile 247
- Presupposition and implicitness in the 20th century 257
- Name index 269
- Subject index 275
