: French and British theories of linguistic communication, 1648-1789
\ Matthew Lauzon.
Ithaca, N.Y.
: Cornell University Press
, 2010
x, 256 p.
Index
Bibliography
Bestial banter -- Homo risus : making light of animal language -- Warming savage hearts and heating eloquent tongues -- From savage orators to savage languages -- French levity -- English energy -- Coda : French levity and English energy in the revolutionary wake.
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Linguistics-- France-- History-- 17th century.
Linguistics-- France-- History-- 18th century.
Linguistics-- Great Britain-- History-- 17th century.
Linguistics-- Great Britain-- History-- 18th century.
Language and languages-- Philosophy-- History-- 17th century.
Language and languages-- Philosophy-- History-- 18th century.