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Publication details [#29629]

Stillman, Robert E. 2002. In quest of the universal language: Romance and the history of an idea. Language Problems and Language Planning 26 (3) : 299–313.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

discourse analysis | historical explanation | ideal language | universal grammar

Place, Publisher

John Benjamins

ISBN

0272-2690

Journal DOI

10.1075/lplp

Annotation

This paper discusses contemporary critical efforts -like that of P. Rossi- to understand the 17th century universal language movement, using Thomas Urquharts' JEWEL as a test case for evaluating their success.