Treatise on the Origin of Language
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Treatise on the Origin of Language is an influential 18th-century philosophical work that explores the natural, cultural, and historical origins of human language.
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| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical work → treatise → |
| addresses |
differences between human and animal communication
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question of how human language began → role of emotion and reason in language → |
| associatedWith |
Herder's broader cultural theory
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development of romantic views of language → |
| author |
Johann Gottfried Herder
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| countryOfOrigin |
Germany
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| field |
intellectual history
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linguistics → philosophy → |
| genre |
linguistic treatise
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philosophical literature → |
| hasImpactOn |
19th-century linguistics
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modern theories of language and culture → |
| hasTheme |
cultural origins of language
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historical development of language → human nature → natural origins of language → relationship between language and culture → relationship between language and thought → |
| historicalContext |
European Enlightenment
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| influenced |
cultural anthropology
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historical linguistics → philosophy of language → |
| influencedBy |
Enlightenment thought
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau → |
| mainSubject |
linguistics
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origin of language → philosophy of language → |
| movement |
Enlightenment philosophy
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German philosophy → |
| notableFor |
critique of purely naturalistic accounts of language
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early theory of language as a cultural product → emphasis on historical development of language → |
| originalLanguage |
German
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| philosophicalDiscipline |
aesthetics precursor
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philosophy of mind → |
| philosophicalTradition |
German idealism precursor
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hermeneutics precursor → |
| publicationCentury |
18th century
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| timePeriodDiscussed |
historical evolution of human societies
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prehistory of language → |
| workOf |
Johann Gottfried Herder
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Johann Gottfried Herder
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Johann Gottfried Herder → |
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Ideas for the Philosophy of History of Humanity
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