Re: Corpora: US company claims patent
Geoff Barnbrook (geoff@clg9.bham.ac.uk)
Wed, 15 Oct 1997 10:36:11 +0100
John Milton writes:
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> In 'The Search for the Perfect Language' Umberto Eco describes ideas of
> this sort that were abroad in the 1600's.
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> John Milton
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As just one example, Bishop Wilkins published 'An essay towards a real
character and a philosophical language' on just this theme in 1668.
Geoff Barnbrook
Coordinator, Corpus Research
Department of English
University of Birmingham