The Enlightenment & Romanticism

Ideas reflected in modern computational linguistics

General point: Locke was translated and much read during the 18th century
[.ps] [.tex] Multi-modality Rousseau Rousseau e.g p 6
Written language does not contain all the complexities or nuances of spoken language Herder Herder p 93
Prosody Rousseau Rousseau [.ps] chapter 7
The study of language as an empirical science
- Horne Tooke Harris & Taylor p 141, p 150
- Encyclopaedia Britannica, first edition 1771 Law p 256, cf. rule based vs example based
Lexical semantics
- Horne Tooke Harris & Taylor chapter 11, cf. Locke Law pp 264-5 [Chosen by: Karin Cavallin]
Linguistic relativity and topology
- Gabriel Girard 1777, language topology based on syntax Law p 265
Universalism
- James Harris Robins pp 157-159
- Horne Tooke Robins pp 160-163
Phonetics (influence from work by Indians) Robins p 175, p 182
Parts of speech
- Tooke Robins p 162