Rudiger Schreyer

Schreyer, Rudiger 1990 Of General Terms: On language and mind in the 18th-century linguistic theory History and Historiography of Linguistics: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (ICHoLS IV), Trier, 24–28 August 1987, Niederehe, Hans-Josef and E.F.K. Koerner † (eds.), pp. 399 ff. | Chapter

Schreyer, Rudiger 1987 Linguistics Meets Caliban or the Uses of Savagery in 18th-Century Theoretical History of Language Papers in the History of Linguistics: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (ICHoLS III), Princeton, 19–23 August 1984, Aarsleff, Hans, L.G. Kelly and Hans-Josef Niederehe (eds.), pp. 301 ff. | Article

Schreyer, Rudiger 1983 The Forbidden Experiment: The story of the wild boy of Aveyron. By Roger Shattuck Historiographia Linguistica 10:1/2, pp. 138–142 | Review

Schreyer, Rudiger 1980 The Language of Nature: Inquiries into a concept of 18th-century British linguistics Progress in Linguistic Historiography: Papers from the International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences, Ottawa, 28–31 August 1978, Koerner, E.F.K. † (ed.), pp. 155 ff. | Article

Schreyer, Rudiger 1978 Condillac, Mandeville, and the Origin of Language Historiographia Linguistica 5:1/2, pp. 15–43 | Article

The study of 18th-century theories on the origin of language offers interesting insights into history of linguistics. These theories are intimately linked with 17th-century inquiries into the social and intellectual nature of man, and particularly with the views of Hobbes, Locke, and the… read more

Schreyer, Rudiger 1978 Essai über den Ursprung der menschlichen Erkenntnisse. By [Etienne Bonno de] Condillac Historiographia Linguistica 5:3, pp. 328–332 | Review

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