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Things, Thoughts, Words, and Actions : The Problem of Language in Late Eighteenth-century British Rhetorical Theory
author
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Ulman, H. Lewis.
publisher
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Southern Illinois University Press
isbn10 | asin
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0809319071
print isbn13
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9780809319077
ebook isbn13
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9780585210001
language
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English
subject
English language--18th century--Rhetoric, Language and languages--Philosophy, Philosophy, British--18th century, Rhetoric--Theory, etc.
publication date
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1994
lcc
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PE1083.U44 1994eb
ddc
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808/.042/094109033
subject
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English language--18th century--Rhetoric, Language and languages--Philosophy, Philosophy, British--18th century, Rhetoric--Theory, etc.
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Things, Thoughts, Words, and Actions
The Problem of Language in Late Eighteenth-Century British Rhetorical Theory
H. Lewis Ulman
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Copyright 1994 by the Board of Trustees, Southern Illinois University All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Production supervised by Natalia Nadraga 97 96 95 94 4 3 2 1
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Ulman, H. Lewis. Things, thoughts, words, and actions: the problem of language in late eighteenth-century British rhetorical theory / H. Lewis Ulman. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p.) and index. 1. English language18th centuryRhetoric. 2. Language and languagesPhilosophy. 3. Philosophy, British18th century. 4. Rhetoric1500-1800Theory, etc. 1. Title PE1083.U44 1994 808'.042'094109033dc20 93-13709 ISBN 0-8093-1907-1 CIP
The paper used in this production meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences - Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
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For my mother, Henrietta Henninger Tyson
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Contents
Figures
ix
Acknowledgments
xi
Introduction
1
1. The Problem of Language: Things, Thoughts, Words, and Actions
9
2. On "The Nature, Use, and Signification of Language"
23
3. Words as Thoughts: The "Radical Principles" of Eloquence in Campbell's Rhetoric
61
4. Words as Things: Icons of Progress in Blair's Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres
117
5. Words as Actions: The "Living Voice" in Sheridan's Lectures on Elocution
147
6. A Creative Interplay of Philosophies
177
Notes
203
Works Cited
221
Index
233
Page ix
Figures
3.1. The genealogy of discourse in Campbell's Rhetoric
73
3.2. Campbell's doctrine of evidence
77
3.3. Usage compels
80
3.4. Criticism argues
81
3.5. Eloquence adapts: Campbell's essential properties of eloquence
83
3.6. Eloquence adapts: Campbell's discriminating properties of eloquence
84
3.7. The representative power of signs
96
3.8. The analogous world of words
99
3.9. Patterns of development in Campbell's Rhetoric
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