with JOYCE & VICO & LINGUISTIC THEORY, C. George Sandulescu. In the first essay Goldman explores Synge"s journeys to the Aran islands, illustrates Synge"s development of perception and understanding, and shows how his experiences among local islanders influenced his later work. In the second, the author explains the influence of Joyce and Vico on interpretations of linguistics, covering the recent cyclic development of linguistics from Chomsky through Grice to Seuren.