Linguistic Construction of Reality

Zusammenfassung This book, originally published in 1987, considers how the science of linguistics creates its own objects of study. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: Views of Language 1. The Mapping and Reality-Construction Views of Language 2. Subject-Matter Views Part 2: Saying Things: Conceptual Events 3. Saying Things 4. Conceptual Events and Real-World Situations 5. The Problem of Translation Part 3: Conceptual Worlds 6. Conceptual Elements 7. Ways of Talking About Things 8. Conceptual Worlds Part 4: Further Implications 9. The Question of the Relation Between Language and Thought 10. The Question of Individual Linguistic Competence

Product details

• Authors: George W. Grace, Gerald W. Grace, Grace George W., Grace Gerald W.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.08.2016
• EAN: 9781138697126
• ISBN: 978-1-138-69712-6
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Philosophy of Language
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Philosophy of Language, PHILOSOPHY / General, PHILOSOPHY / Language, Philosophy