Language and Meaning in the Renaissance :Language and Meaning in the Renaissance ( Princeton Legacy Library )

Publication subTitle :Language and Meaning in the Renaissance

Publication series :Princeton Legacy Library

Author: Waswo Richard;;;  

Publisher: Princeton University Press‎

Publication year: 2014

E-ISBN: 9781400858545

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780691066967

Subject: H0 Linguistics;H3 Common Foreign Languages

Keyword: 语言学,常用外国语

Language: ENG

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Description

Exploring the status of the semantic unit in recent linguistic and literary theories--the sign itself--Richard Waswo relates present-day literary concerns to Renaissance thought about the connections between language and meaning.

Originally published in 1987.

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Chapter

1. From Referential to Relational Semantics

2. The Renaissance Semantic Shift

Part II. Arguments About Words

3. The Challenge from Philosophy

(i) Lorenzo Valla

(ii) Juan Luis Vives

4. The Challenge from Vernaculars

Part III. Arguments About the Word

5. The Challenge from Eloquence

(i) Erasmus and Literature

(ii) Luther and Scripture

6. The Augustinian Reaction

7. Epilogue

Index

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