Total Speech - An Integrational Linguistic Approach to Language

"Total Speech "provides an entirely original discussion of some of the most central and controversial issues in the theory and philosophy of language. This book is not just a synopsis of the integrationalist school of thought, it is a major contribution to the development of that thought and to its emergence as a major force in American and European thinking about language."--Talbot Taylor, College of William and Mary

Sommario

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction 1

1. On Inscribed or Literal Meaning 24

2. Metaphor 56

3. Intentionality and Coming into Language 98

4. Further Principles of Integrational Linguistics, or, On Not Losing Sight of the Language User 140

5. Relevance in Theory and Practice 181

6. Repetition 226

7. Rules 271

References 323

Index 335

Info autore

Michael Toolan is Associate Professor of English at the University of Washington.

Riassunto

Units, rules, codes, systems: this is how most linguists study language. This book provides an account of integrationalism, a theory of language that declines to accept that text and context, language and world, are distinct and stable categories.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Toolan, Michael Toolan
• Editore: Duke University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 12.06.1996
• EAN: 9780822317814
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-1781-4
• Pagine: 352
• Peso: 816 g
• Serie: Post-Contemporary Interventions; Post-Contemporary Intervention; Post-Contemporary Interventions; Post-Contemporary Intervention
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata