Sandelin, Bo - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2009
Adam Smith on language. Like most 18th century scholars, Adam Smith was not restricted to one field. One of his … interests, besides economics, was language, which may partly be a consequence of his Scottish origin and the low standing of the … Scottish dialect. Smith's Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres deals with various aspects of language. Smith appears to be a …