%0 Journal Article
%T Ling¨¹¨ªstica y ciencia del siglo XVII, en el diario de Samuel Pepys
%A Xavier Laborda Gil
%J Sintagma : Revista de Ling¨¹¨ªstica
%D 2005
%I Universitat de Lleida (Catalonya)
%X Linguistics and science of the 17th century, in the Diary of Samuel Pepys. The study analyzes the figure of Samuel Pepys, author of a private Diary between 1660 and 1669, and his relationship with 17th century science. Pepys was a member of the Royal Society and contributed to John Wilkins' project for an artificial language. The study of his Diary is relevant as it links his interests in different subjects, mainly language, oratory, coded writing and the scientific progress that influenced the emerging opinion among the scholars of his time. The plain and vital style of the Diary of Pepys reveals the affinity between his private writing and the spirit of empiricism proclaimed by the Royal Society. Finally, the comparison between Pepys and Wilkins reveals that shorthand is the very key to his work, also the reason for Wilkins' failure, as well as the popularity and validity of Pepys. To the several editions of the Samuel Pepys Diary, that began in 1825, a recent one in Spanish must be added. The Diary is a literary and historic masterpiece that provides evidence, from an unusual perspective, of science in the 17th century, or the century of language. (Spanish text).
%K Samuel Pepys
%K diary
%K Royal Society
%K John Wilkins
%K linguistics
%K historiography
%U http://www.sintagma-online.udl.cat/imatges/pdf/2005a.pdf