818 -- The meaningful communicative exchange in the Middle Ages and in the Modern Age

Paola Cotticelli-Kurras, Diego Poli:

Introduction //––» pp. 3-7 //

Luca Alfieri:

The contribution of the Speculative Grammar to the identification of the adjective as an independent part of speech //––» pp. 9-44 //

Annamaria Bartolotta:

On the syntax of dependency in late sixteenth-century Europe //––» pp. 45-67 //

Angela Bianchi:

Metalinguistic perspectives in the Grammaire générale et raisonnée de Port-Royal //––» pp. 69-91 //

Natascia Leonardi:

Arbitrariness of language in empiricist and rationalist linguistic thought //––» pp. 93-106 //

Marta Muscariello:

»Making the deaf speak« between the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries. Methods, debate, and consequences for linguistic reflection //––» pp. 107-135 //

Diego Poli:

A missing link in the canonic history of linguistics. The perspective of the Society of Jesus //––» pp. 137-152 //

Michela Tardella:

Aures sunt in oculis. Teaching language to the deaf in John Wallis’ and Johann K. Amman’s thought //––» pp. 153-164 //