‘Philosophical’ grammar in John Wilkins’s ‘Essay’
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20259043 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vivian Salmon (University of Edinburgh, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1975 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 131-160 |
| Publication date | 1975-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Canadian Journal of Linguistics / La revue canadienne de linguistique (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-4131 • E-ISSN: 1710-1115 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0008413100007854 |
| OpenAlex | W2534904653 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 14 |
Recent studies of John Wilkins, author of An essay towards a real character, and a philosophical language (1668) have examined aspects of his life and work which illustrate the modernity of his attitudes, both as a theologian, sympathetic to the ecumenical ideals of seventeenth-century reformers like John Amos Comenius (DeMott 1955, 1958), and as an amateur scientist enthusiastically engaged in forwarding the interests of natural philosophy in his involvement with the Royal Society. His linguistic work has, accordingly, been examined for its relevance to seventeenth-century thought and for evidence of its modernity; described by a twentieth-century scientist as “impressive” and as “a prodigious piece of work” (Andrade 1936:6, 7), the Essay has been highly praised for its classification of reality (Vickery 1953:326, 342) and for its insight into phonetics and semantics (Linsky 1966:60). It has also, incidentally, been examined for the evidence it offers on seventeenth-century pronunciation (Dobson 1968)
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'An Essay towards a Real Character, and a Philosophical Language' (1668)
Universal Language Schemes in England and France, 1600-1800
In Memory of J. R. Firth
John Wilkins--A Precursor of Locke
Grammatica speculativa
Ennoësis of language in 17th century philosophy
The Elements of Law
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 1978 - 2013 (36) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |