John Wilkins and 17th-century British linguistics
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John Wilkins and 17th-century British linguistics
（Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science, Series 3 . Studies in the history of the language sciences ; v. 67）
J. Benjamins, 1992
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Includes bibliographies and index
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In this reader, 19 articles have been collected that bring out the central position of John Wilkins and his Essay Toward a Real Character, and a Philosophical Language (1668) in the history of ideas in 17th-century Britain.
Table of Contents
- 1. Acknowledgements
- 2. Editor's Introduction
- 3. I. John Wilkins (1614-1672): Life and Work
- 4. John Wilkins (by Aarsleff, Hans)
- 5. II. Wilkins and the 17th-century Reconciliation of Science, Religion, and Language
- 6. John Wilkins' Essay Toward a Real Character: Its place in the seventeenth century episteme (by Clauss, Sidonie)
- 7. Dr. Wilkins and the Royal Society (by Stimson, Dorothy)
- 8. The Ross-Wilkins Controversy (by McColley, Grant)
- 9. John Wilkins and the Royal Society's Reform of Prose Style (by Christensen, Francis)
- 10. III. The Sources of Wilkins' Philosophical Language
- 11. Comenius and the Real Character in England (by DeMott, Benjamin)
- 12. The Sources and Development of John Wilkins' Philosophical Language (by DeMott, Benjamin)
- 13. On the Sources of John Wilkins' Philosophical Language (by Funke, Otto)
- 14. Language Universals and 17th-Century Universal Schemes (by Cram, David)
- 15. IV. Theory and Practice in Wilkins' Philosophical Language
- 16. 'Philosophical' Grammar in Wilkins' Essay (by Salmon, Vivian)
- 17. On the Project of a Universal Character (by Cohen, Jonathan)
- 18. The Real Character of Bishop Wilkins (by Andrade, Edward Neville da Costa)
- 19. Wilkin's Natural Grammar: The verb phrase (by Frank, Thomas)
- 20. V. Wilkins' Classification of Reality
- 21. John Wilkins and Noah's Ark (by Emery, Clark)
- 22. John Wilkins' Linguistic Views (by Linsky, Sergey Semenovich)
- 23. John Wilkins' Theory of Meaning and the Development of a Semantic Model (by Subbiondo, Joseph L.)
- 24. John Wilkins' and William Lloyd's Alphabetical Dictionary (1668): Towards a comprehensive, and systematically defined, lexicon (by Dolezal, Fredric)
- 25. The Significance of John Wilkins in the History of Bibliographical Classification (by Vickery, B.C.)
- 26. VI. Wilkins' Legacy
- 27. John Wilkins' Essay (1668): Critics and continuators (by Salmon, Vivian)
- 28. Select Biography
- 29. A. Writings by John Wilkins
- 30. B. Secondary Sources
- 31. Index of Biographical Names
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