Signs of light
Subtitle: French and British theories of linguistic communication, 1648-1789
By: Matthew Lauzon.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780801448478
Subjects: 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; Enlightenment -- France; Enlightenment -- Great Britain
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Bestial banter; title: Homo risus : making light of animal language; title: Warming savage hearts and heating eloquent tongues; title: From savage orators to savage languages; title: French levity; title: English energy.