PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGES

Grasping the theoretical aspects involved in the diversification of human language in various linguistic systems. Knowing the history of linguistic thought.

Lectures and seminars.

The role of Nature and History in the issue ‘one language, many languages’ according to some linguistic theories and language philosphies from the antiquity to nowadays.

- L. Formigari, Il linguaggio. Storia delle teorie, Laterza, 2005² (except IV chap.), 170 pp. (only as e-book)

- S. Auroux, Scrittura e grammatizzazione. Introduzione alla storia delle scienze del linguaggio, Novecento, 1998, 160 pp.

- T. De Mauro, Il linguaggio tra natura e storia, Mondadori Università - Sapienza, 2008, 120 pp.

- S. Vecchio, Un prisma agostiniano di filosofia del linguaggio, Bonanno, 2017, 90 pp.

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