The Theory of Interjections in Vico and Rousseau

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Linguistic Historiography between Linguistics and Philosophy of Language 1
5. On the Origins of Historical Linguistics 11
6. The Legacy of Classical Rhetorics 31
7. Mechanical Models and the Language Sciences in the 18th Century 45
8. The Beginnings of Psycholinguistics 85
9. The Theory of Interjections in Vico and Rousseau 115
10. The French Sources of Leopardi's Linguistics 129
11. Intellectual History, History of Ideas, History of Linguistic Ideas 141
12. The ‘Imperfect’ Language 151
13. Old Debates and Current Problems 171
14. The Question of the Significatum 185
15. The Embarassment of Communication from Mandeville to Grice 203
16. The Semiological Sources of Semantics 221
17. The Language-User in Saussure (and after) 233
18. The Analysis of French between the two World Wars (1914-1940) 251
19. Forms of Imperfect Augustinianism 269
20. The Convention of Geneva 279
21. Index of Authors 295
22. Index of Subjects and Terms 305