The search for the perfect language

by Eco, Umberto

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Title Statements

Full title :The search for the perfect language / Umberto Eco ; translated by James Fentress.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1995.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Blackwell
Place of Publication:Oxford, UK
Language:eng
Publication Date:1995.

The Physical Object

Description:x, 385 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0631174656, 9780631174653
oclc:ocm30814610
LC Classification:P380
Dewey Decimal:401/.3

From Adam to "Confusio Linguarum" -- The kabbalistic pansemioticism -- The perfect language of Dante -- The "Ars Magna" of Raymond Lull -- The monogenetic hypothesis and the mother of tongues -- Kabbalism and Lullism in modern culture -- The perfect language of images -- Magic language -- Polygraphies -- A "Priori" philosophical languages -- George Dalgarno -- John Wilkins -- Francis Lodwick -- From Leibniz to the "Encyclopedie" -- Philosophic language from the Enlightenment to today -- The international auxiliary languages -- Conclusion.

Subjects

17.12 origins of language Culturele invloeden Europe Europe -- Languages Europe -- Langues History (form) Langage et culture -- Europe Langage et langues Language language (general communication) Language and culture Language and culture -- -Europe Language and languages Language, Universal languages (study discipline) Langue universelle Lingua universal Linguistica Metataal Taalgenese