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John Wilkins and 17th-Century British Linguistics
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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.
[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 67] 1992. xvi, 374 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 3 October 2011
Published online on 3 October 2011
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
- Prelim pages | pp. i–vi
- Acknowledgements | pp. vii–viii
- Table of contents | pp. ix–xi
- Editor's Introduction | pp. xiii–xvi
- I. John Wilkins (1614-1672): Life and Work
- John WilkinsHans Aarsleff | pp. 3–44
- II. Wilkins and the 17th-century Reconciliation of Science, Religion, and Language
- John Wilkins' Essay Toward a Real Character: Its place in the seventeenth century epistemeSidonie Clauss | pp. 45–68
- Dr. Wilkins and the Royal SocietyDorothy Stimson | pp. 69–94
- The Ross-Wilkins ControversyGrant McColley | pp. 95–132
- John Wilkins and the Royal Society's Reform of Prose StyleFrancis Christensen | pp. 133–154
- III. The Sources of Wilkins' Philosophical Language
- Comenius and the Real Character in EnglandBenjamin DeMott | pp. 155–168
- The Sources and Development of John Wilkins' Philosophical LanguageBenjamin DeMott | pp. 169–182
- On the Sources of John Wilkins' Philosophical LanguageOtto Funke | pp. 183–190
- Language Universals and 17th-Century Universal SchemesDavid Cram | pp. 191–206
- IV. Theory and Practice in Wilkins' Philosophical Language
- 'Philosophical' Grammar in Wilkins' EssayVivian Salmon | pp. 207–236
- On the Project of a Universal CharacterJonathan Cohen | pp. 237–252
- The Real Character of Bishop WilkinsEdward Neville da Costa Andrade | pp. 253–262
- Wilkin's Natural Grammar: The verb phraseThomas Frank | pp. 263–278
- V. Wilkins' Classification of Reality
- John Wilkins and Noah's ArkClark Emery | pp. 279–284
- John Wilkins' Linguistic ViewsSergey Semenovich Linsky | pp. 285–290
- John Wilkins' Theory of Meaning and the Development of a Semantic ModelJoseph L. Subbiondo | pp. 291–308
- John Wilkins' and William Lloyd's Alphabetical Dictionary (1668): Towards a comprehensive, and systematically defined, lexiconFredric Dolezal | pp. 309–328
- The Significance of John Wilkins in the History of Bibliographical ClassificationB.C. Vickery | pp. 329–348
- VI. Wilkins' Legacy
- John Wilkins' Essay (1668): Critics and continuatorsVivian Salmon | pp. 349–364
- Select Biography | pp. 365–370
- A. Writings by John Wilkins
- B. Secondary Sources
- Index of Biographical Names | pp. 371–374
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