Degérando’s three prize essays and the shift in linguistic thought at the turn of the 19th century
- Degérando started out from the views of the French ideologists on the relationship of language and thought, but increasingly distanced himself from them. This is already evident based on the choice of reference authors and also on the increasing emphasis on empirical research. His prize essays reflect the fundamental changes in linguistic thought during the late 18th century. He was successful in the competition of the Institut National (1797/1799) and with another essay at the Berlin Academy (1802). His main argument against Condillac and the ideologists is that empirical knowledge does not depend on signs. Therefore, the development of better languages will not improve this kind of human knowledge.
Author details: | Gerda HaßlerORCiDGND |
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ISBN: | 978-90-272-4617-2 |
ISSN: | 0304-0720 |
Title of parent work (English): | History of Linguistics 2014 : selected papers from the 13th International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (ICHoLS XIII), Vila Real, Portugal, 25–29 August 2014 (Studies in the History of the Language Sciences ; 126) |
Publisher: | John Benjamins Publishing Company |
Place of publishing: | Amsterdam, Philadelphia |
Publication type: | Part of a Book |
Language: | English |
Year of first publication: | 2016 |
Publication year: | 2016 |
Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
Release date: | 2017/06/01 |
First page: | 149 |
Last Page: | 160 |
Organizational units: | Philosophische Fakultät / Institut für Romanistik |
DDC classification: | 4 Sprache / 41 Linguistik / 410 Linguistik |
License (German): | Keine öffentliche Lizenz: Unter Urheberrechtsschutz |