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Language and human nature : toward a grammar of interaction and discourse /
Language and Human Nature was first published in 1977 as After Metaphysics: Toward a Grammar of Interaction and Discourse and was reissued under the present title in 1985. Language, in Western thought, is the major metaphor for all that we consider truly and uniquely human. It is what separates us f...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
[1985], ©1977.
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| Colección: | Studies in semiotics ;
v. 13. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Language and Human Nature was first published in 1977 as After Metaphysics: Toward a Grammar of Interaction and Discourse and was reissued under the present title in 1985. Language, in Western thought, is the major metaphor for all that we consider truly and uniquely human. It is what separates us from other species and makes human society possible. Language has been taken to be an aspect of the mind -- the seat of logic, rationality, and objectivity; study of language has focused on its formal aspects -- structure and grammar. In recent years, language has come to seem an independent object, |
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| Notas: | Reprint. Originally published: After metaphysics. Lisse : Peter de Ridder Press, 1977. (Studies in semiotics ; v. 13). With new introd. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (287 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780816655663 0816655669 |