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ERIC Number: EJ402148
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1989
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John Locke, the Individual, and the Origin of Communication.
Peters, John Durham
Quarterly Journal of Speech, v75 n4 p387-99 Nov 1989
Views "communication" as a product of a particular historical epoch and set of social conditions. Illustrates the birth of communication and the accompanying modern conditions and commitments by examining John Locke's linguistic and political theories. Traces Locke's commitment to the individual as master of meaning. (SR)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Research, Individualism, Intellectual History, Linguistic Theory, Modern History, Philosophy, Science History, Seventeenth Century Literature, Social History
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Historical Materials
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Language: English
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