Aristotle on Language and Style - The Concept of Lexis

The first systematic analysis of Aristotle's concept of lexis, which is approached on three interconnected levels: the first dealing with language as a system, the second with actual language usage, and the third with prescriptions for the kind of language to be used in poetic and rhetorical compositions.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. On the way to Aristotle's concept of lexis; 2. The first level of lexis: Aristotle's fundamentals of language; 3. The second level of lexis: language in use; 4. The third level of lexis: its intra-textual aspect; 5. The third level of lexis: its extra-textual aspect; 6. Metaphor revisited.

About the author

ANA KOTARCIC is an FWO [Pegasus]2 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Comparative, Historical and Applied Linguistics at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, working on Aristotle's thoughts on language as a dynamic system. Her research focuses on the workings of natural language and includes theoretical, cognitive and computational linguistics, sociolinguistics, syntax and semantics.

Summary

The first systematic analysis of Aristotle's concept of lexis, which is approached on three interconnected levels: the first dealing with language as a system, the second with actual language usage, and the third with prescriptions for the kind of language to be used in poetic and rhetorical compositions.

Product details

• Authors: Ana Kotarcic, Ana (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Kotarcic
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9781108730785
• ISBN: 978-1-108-73078-5
• No. of pages: 238
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Philosophy of Language, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Language: history & general works, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, Language: history and general works