De l'histoire des concepts à l'histoire linguistique des usages conceptuels

Abstract

From the History of Concepts to the Linguistic History of Conceptual Uses This article attempts to bring out the main . lines of the German- and English- speaking currents now structuring the history of the concepts related to the "linguistic turn". Furthermore, their recent introduction into the debates of the : European "History of concepts" network makes it possible to compare them to ; each other as well as to similar research ; conducted by French linguistic historians. . This article also shows that one of the important concerns of the history of : concepts is the empirical connection between reality and discourse, and' therefore contexts, linguistic conventions and the practical reasons allowing the arguments of discourse to assume the value of acts.