Linguistique de l’universel

Reflexions sur les universaux du langage, les concepts universels, la notion de langue universelle

by R. Martin

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Paperback (Out of print)

(December 2016)

ISBN: 9782877543514

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This book features two papers given at the Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, one in May 2014 (“On the universals of language”), the other in June 2016 (on “Universal concepts”), as well as the speech given at the induction ceremony at the Academie in November 2015 (“On the notion of universal language”). All three have the common topic of languages and universality. They are reproduced here as originally written, but it has been judged useful to add not only a brief addendum explaining the theoretical options chosen, but also an additional chapter (“Linguistics and Universality”), to show how important universals of language are in conferring a scientific status on linguistics, to which it aspires. Dedicated to ‘linguistics of the universal’, this book provides an innovative synthesis within general linguistics.

  • By (author) R. Martin