Book review
Signs of Light: French and British theories of linguistic communication, 1648–1789. By Matthew Lauzon.
Ithaca & London: Cornell University Press, 2010. x, 256 pp. ISBN 978-0-0184-4847-8 $55 £36.50

Reviewed by John E. Joseph
University of Edinburgh
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