本課程為學期課共上課十六週,設定十六單元,每一單元介紹一位語言思想家及其思想要點:
1 Socrates on names
2 Aristotle on metaphor
3 The Bible and the theory of the origin
and diversification of language
4 Varro on linguistic regularity
5 Quintilian on linguistic education
6 Thomas of Erfurt
7 Caxton on dialects
8 The Port-Royal Grammar
9 Wilkins on a real character
10 Locke on the imperfection of words
11 Condillac on the origin of language
12 Horne Tooke on etymological
metaphysics
13 Humboldt on linguistic and mental
diversity
14 Müller
on linguistic evolution
15 Frege on sense and reference
16 Saussure on language and thought |