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Exploring the status of the semantic unit in recent linguistic and literary theories--the sign itself--Richard Waswo relates present-day literary concerns to Renaissance thought about the connections between language and meaning.

Originally published in 1987.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title page, Copyright, Quote
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Preface
  2. pp. ix-xii
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. xiii-xiv
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  1. Part I. Notions of Meaning: Theory and History
  2. pp. 3-7
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  1. 1. From Referential to Relational Semantics
  2. pp. 8-47
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  1. 2. The Renaissance Semantic Shift
  2. pp. 48-82
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  1. Part II. Arguments About Words
  2. pp. 83-87
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  1. 3. The Challenge from Philosophy
  2. pp. 88-133
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  1. 4. The Challenge from Vernaculars
  2. pp. 134-206
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  1. Part III. Arguments About the Word
  2. pp. 207-212
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  1. 5. The Challenge from Eloquence
  2. pp. 213-249
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  1. 6. The Augustinian Reaction
  2. pp. 250-283
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  1. 7. Epilogue
  2. pp. 284-306
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  1. Index
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