ISBN:
1556196164
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1556196164
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9027298823
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9781556196164
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9789027298829
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 497 pages)
Series Statement:
Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science v. 80
DDC:
306.4/4
Keywords:
Geschichte 1780-1930
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Geschichte 1780-1930
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Lenguaje e idiomas / Filosofía / Historia
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Pragmatique / Histoire
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Langage et langues / Philosophie / Histoire
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Language and languages / Philosophy
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Pragmatics
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Pragmatiek
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Pragmatik
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Geschichte
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Philosophie
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Sprache
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Pragmatics History
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Language and languages Philosophy
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History
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Pragmatik
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USA
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Europa
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Europa
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Pragmatik
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Geschichte 1780-1930
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USA
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Pragmatik
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Geschichte 1780-1930
Note:
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-488) and index
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LANGUAGE, ACTION, AND CONTEXT; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Preface; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Prologue to protopragmatics: Locke's semiotic philosophy; 2. Protopragmatics in Germany: pragmatics as part of a Romantic philosophy of language; 3. Protopragmatics in France: Pragmatics as part of an 'ideological ' theory of language and thought; 4. A period of transition in the development of French pragmatics; 5. Protopragmatics in England:pragmatics as part of a common-sense theory of the mind; 6. A period of transition in the development of English pragmatics
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The roots of pragmatics reach back to Antiquity, especially to rhetoric as one of the three liberal arts. However, until the end of the 18th century proto-pragmatic insights tended to be consigned to the pragmatic, that is rhetoric, wastepaper basket and thus excluded from serious philosophical consideration. It can be said that pragmatics was conceived between 1780 and 1830 in Britain, but also in Germany and in France in post-Lockian and post-Kantian philosophies of language. These early 'conceptions' of pragmatics are described in the first part of the book. The second part of the book looks
