John Wilkins and 17th-Century British Linguistics
Editor
In this reader, 19 articles have been collected that bring out the central position of John Wilkins and his Essay Toward a Real Character, and a Philosophical Language (1668) in the history of ideas in 17th-century Britain.
[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 67] 1992. xvi, 376 pp.
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Table of Contents
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Editor's Introduction | p. XIII
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Acknowledgements
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I. John Wilkins (1614-1672): Life and Work
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John WilkinsHans Aarsleff | p. 3
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II. Wilkins and the 17th-century Reconciliation of Science, Religion, and Language
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John Wilkins' Essay Toward a Real Character: Its place in the seventeenth century epistemeSidonie Clauss | p. 45
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Dr. Wilkins and the Royal SocietyDorothy Stimson | p. 69
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The Ross-Wilkins ControversyGrant McColley | p. 95
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John Wilkins and the Royal Society's Reform of Prose StyleFrancis Christensen | p. 133
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III. The Sources of Wilkins' Philosophical Language
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Comenius and the Real Character in EnglandBenjamin DeMott | p. 155
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The Sources and Development of John Wilkins' Philosophical LanguageBenjamin DeMott | p. 169
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On the Sources of John Wilkins' Philosophical LanguageOtto Funke | p. 183
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Language Universals and 17th-Century Universal SchemesDavid Cram | p. 191
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IV. Theory and Practice in Wilkins' Philosophical Language
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'Philosophical' Grammar in Wilkins' EssayVivian Salmon | p. 207
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On the Project of a Universal CharacterJonathan Cohen | p. 237
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The Real Character of Bishop WilkinsEdward Neville da Costa Andrade | p. 253
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Wilkin's Natural Grammar: The verb phraseThomas Frank | p. 263
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V. Wilkins' Classification of Reality
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John Wilkins and Noah's ArkClark Emery | p. 279
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John Wilkins' Linguistic ViewsSergey Semenovich Linsky | p. 285
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John Wilkins' Theory of Meaning and the Development of a Semantic ModelJoseph L. Subbiondo | p. 291
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John Wilkins' and William Lloyd's Alphabetical Dictionary (1668): Towards a comprehensive, and systematically defined, lexiconFredric Dolezal | p. 309
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The Significance of John Wilkins in the History of Bibliographical ClassificationB.C. Vickery | p. 329
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VI. Wilkins' Legacy
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John Wilkins' Essay (1668): Critics and continuatorsVivian Salmon | p. 349
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Select Biography
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A. Writings by John Wilkins | p. 365
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B. Secondary Sources | p. 366
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Index of Biographical Names
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Philosophy
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