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Pattern and process : a Whiteheadian perspective on linguistics /
The purpose of this book is to illustrate the relevance to linguistics today of Whitehead's philosophy of organism. Although largely ignored by linguists, Whitehead has in fact much to say as regards the cognitive processes underpinning language pattern. His theory of symbolism conceives of lan...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA :
J. Benjamins Pub.,
©2001.
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| Colección: | Human cognitive processing ;
v. 6. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The purpose of this book is to illustrate the relevance to linguistics today of Whitehead's philosophy of organism. Although largely ignored by linguists, Whitehead has in fact much to say as regards the cognitive processes underpinning language pattern. His theory of symbolism conceives of language as the 'systematization of expression', and relates meaning to feeling (in the broadest sense). The Whiteheadian perspective allows a synthesis of the psychological and the social approaches to language that does not fall into one or another fashionable form of reductionism. The volume represents a. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vii, 311 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-306) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789027299352 9027299358 9781588110589 1588110583 |
| ISSN: | 1387-6724 ; |