Limiting the Arbitrary: Linguistic Naturalism and its Opposites in Plato’s Cratylus and Modern Theories of Language 9027245851

Proclus' Commentary on the Cratylus in Context: Ancient Theories of Language and Naming 9004163794, 9789004163799, 9789047423720

The Cratylus contains Plato's important, yet ambiguous discussion of language. By studying the reception of this te

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Linguistic Relativities : Language Diversity and Modern Thought 9780511988936, 9780521767828

There are more than six thousand human languages, each one unique. For the last five hundred years, people have argued a

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Limiting Arbitrary Power : The Vagueness Doctrine in Canadian Constitutional Law [1 ed.] 9780774851015, 9780774810500

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Understanding Language: A Study of Theories of Language in Linguistics and in Philosophy 9783110805406, 9789027931115

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The Modern State: Theories and Ideologies 9780748629565

Broad ranging in its coverage of the liberal democratic state and other, non-democratic state formations, the book offer

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Beyond the Babylonian Trauma: Theories of Language and Modern Culture in the German-Jewish Context 9783110603842, 9783110601671

Hartung works out both the linguistic and philosophy of language setting as well as socio-political and cultural implica

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Metaphor: Its Cognitive Force and Linguistic Structure

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Language and the Grand Tour: Linguistic Experiences of Travelling in Early Modern Europe 9781108487276, 9781108766364, 2019037282, 2019037283, 1108487270

The Grand Tour was the classical continental trip to France and Italy, undertaken by young aristocratic men in early mod

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Beyond the Babylonian Trauma: Theories of Language and Modern Culture in the German-Jewish Context 9783110603842, 9783110601671, 9783110602715, 2018956640

Hartung works out both the linguistic and philosophy of language setting as well as socio-political and cultural implica

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Vicarious Language: Gender and Linguistic Modernity in Japan 9780520939066

This highly original study provides an entirely new critical perspective on the central importance of ideas about langua

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