"THE NEW-INVENTED PATENT-LAMP OF ETYMOLOGY": HAZLITT, HORNE TOOKE, AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE.

The article focuses on William Hazlit's response to the linguistic theorizing of John Tooke related to philosophical philology in the 18th century in Europe. It notes that the response of Hazlitt to the works of Tooke was more that subtle and more selective than the standard interpretation allows. The response of Hazlitt to the linguistic work of Tooke may also show something of the manner in which nationalism and radical politics developed during the period 1780-1830 in the Great Britain. Furthermore, Hazlitt's remark suggests that the etymological method of Tooke ceases to the assistance when the general tasks of constructing linguistic theory for language in its entirety is attempted.