Linguistic Construction of Reality

List of contents

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

Summary

This book, originally published in 1987, considers how the science of linguistics creates its own objects of study.

Product details

• Authors: George W. Grace, Gerald W. Grace, Grace Gerald W.
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9781138697201
• ISBN: 978-1-138-69720-1
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Philosophy of Language
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Philosophy of Language, PHILOSOPHY / General, PHILOSOPHY / Language, Philosophy