Simples machines ou chambres noires ? Typologie et hiérarchie des langues entre xviiie et xixe siècles

Adam Smith and Giacomo Leopardi have made the criterion of complexity or simplicity the pivot for comparing languages. Through the same sources, mainly French, these two authors show us how adopting a hierarchical perspective or simply searching for common elements and differences between languages...

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Main Author: Claudia Stancati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Société d’histoire et d’épistémologie des sciences du langage 2023-11-01
Series:Histoire Épistémologie Langage
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/hel/4459