Primitive And Universal Laws Of The Formation And Development Of Language - Softcover

Godde De Liancourt; Frederic Pincott

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0461850699 ISBN 13: 9780461850697

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

Synopsis

Primitive And Universal Laws Of The Formation And Development Of Language: A Rational And Inductive System Founded On The Natural Basis Of Onomatops by Godde De Liancourt and Frederic Pincott is a 19th-century linguistic treatise arguing that human language originates from elementary vocal sounds termed onomatops. The authors critique dominant origin theories (Bow-wow, Pooh-pooh, and Muller) and propose that language emerges from a finite set of phonetic bases that can be combined, compressed, and extended metaphorically, giving rise to the wide variety of words found across languages. They detail laws of linguistic development—Combination, Compression, Metastasis, and Metaphor—and advocate a method of CollectIve Analysis to reveal universal bonds among words. The book covers the evolution of grammar from independent words, cites Egyptian and Turkiish evidence, and presents the Onomatop concept as the primitive core of articulation, thought, and civilization. It also includes an Appendix on the Dardistan languages and a dictionary of onomatops, positioning itself as the foundation of a new science of philology and a Darwinian view of language evolution.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0461850699
• ISBN 13: 9780461850697
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 308