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Development of philosophical discourse on linguistic topics

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Dychotomy btw form & meaning, "signified" & "signifier"

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Focus on phonetics, grammar & etimology

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Language develops from a limited set of primal words

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Distinction bt derivation & inflection

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The letter was the minimal unit of orthography & pronounciation

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Focus on grammar as a foundation of scholarship

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Linguistic studies were subordinate to theology & christian doctrine

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Attention was paid to mental representations to which speech relates

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Distinction btw meaning & reference

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W/ the invention of printing, the need for uniform orthography & pronounciation gained weight

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Importance to indigenous language

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attempted to reveal the unity of the grammar underlying the diff grammars of diff lang.

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work was carried out on phonetic questoins

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common origin to all languages

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Historical kinship of Sanscrit (indian L) w/ latin, germanic & greek L

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Neogrammarians worked on comparative linguistics

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indoeuropean comparative linguistics

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a. synchronic
b. diachronic

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Langue & parole

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Said that L must be described synchronically

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American structuralist. Data oriented approach from American native Ls

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Rejects structuralism. Deep structure