Language, Saussure and Wittgenstein - How to Play Games With Words

Zusatztext 'Roy Harris's Language! Saussure and Wittgenstein is a particularly welcome bridge between philosophy and linguistics ... Careful exploration of this important and influential theory ... illustrates how comparative studies of thinkers may occasionally create fascinating diffraction patterns.' - The Guardian Informationen zum Autor Professor Roy Harris, Roy Harris Klappentext Saussure and Wittgenstein are arguably the two most important figures in the development of twentieth-century linguistic thought. By pointing out what their ideas have in common, in spite of intellectual sources, this study breaks new ground Zusammenfassung Saussure and Wittgenstein are arguably the two most important figures in the development of twentieth-century linguistic thought. By pointing out what their ideas have in common, in spite of intellectual sources, this study breaks new ground Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Texts and Contexts 2. Names and Nomenclatures 3. Linguistic Units 4. Language and Thought 5. Systems and Users 6. Arbitrariness 7.Grammar 8. Variation and Change 9. Communication 10. Language and Science Appendix Biographical Synopses

Product details

• Authors: Harris, Professor Roy Harris, Professor Roy Harris Harris, Roy Harris, Roy (University of Oxford University of Oxford Harris
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2016
• EAN: 9781138142879
• ISBN: 978-1-138-14287-9
• No. of pages: 152
• Series: History of Linguistic Thought; History of Linguistic Thought
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics