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Signs of light : French and British theories of linguistic communication, 1648-1789 / Matthew Lauzon.

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Main Author: Lauzon, Matthew, 1972-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2010.
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.
Table of Contents:
  • Bestial banter
  • Homo risus : making light of animal language
  • Warming savage hearts and heating eloquent tongues
  • From savage orators to savage languages
  • French levity
  • English energy
  • Coda : French levity and English energy in the revolutionary wake.

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