John Wilkins and the Development of a Structural Semantics

Doležal, Fredric

doi:10.1075/sihols.38.33dol

Studies in the History of the Language Sciences

1987

DOI: 10.1075/sihols.38.33dol

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John Wilkins and the Development of a Structural Semantics

Fredric Doležal¹

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“…In any case, he follows the path from these early language schemes to 19th-century artifical languages, botanical charts (Linnaeus), and even the analytic philosophy of our century (cf. Dolezal 1983Dolezal , 1987.…”

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“…Hullen makes a claim that contained within the Essay is an English thesaurus (cf. Hullen 1986, Dolezal 1986, McArthur 1986. He redraws a couple of Wilkins' tables of radicals to fit the recognizable pattern of a tree diagram (as far as I know this was first attempted, but not so precisely, by Subbiondo 1977).…”

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“…Furthermore, Hullen's use of the term paradigm in this context does not strengthen his claim, it merely glosses a complicated problem of textual anaylysis (cf. Dolezal 1983).…”

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In the popular mind, constructing a language has always been seen as an odd activity, one that seems to fly in the face of ‘natural’ language dynamics. It is, nonetheless, a very old activity, and attention to its various stages is an important part of the study of linguistic history – and, indeed, of modern scientific development. The first stage involves attempts (highly speculative, of course) to recapture the original lingua humana, as spoken in the Garden of Eden. At a later stage, scholars tried to create entire languages ab ovo, motivated by the desire for a more logical and regular variety that would better reflect and channel scientific classification. Later still – and on into the modern era – ‘artificial’ languages have been assembled from pre-existing rules and components. At all stages, the work has been underpinned by hopes for a more practical medium, but there have also been expectations that a language that was both regular and widely shared would contribute to international harmony and understanding.

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Their manner of discourse. Nachdenken über Sprache im Umkreis der Royal Society. By Werner Hüllen

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