Twentieth Century Conceptions of Language (Hardcover)

Rudolf P. Botha

ISBN 10: 0631181989 / ISBN 13: 9780631181989

Editore: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Hoboken, 1992

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Hardcover. How linguists, philosophers and psychologists view the essence of languageSince scholars study the conceptions of language, Twentieth Century Conceptions of Language, provides analysis of these conceptions, including identifying their issues and merits. The book touches on the thinking of a range of notable linguists, philosophers and psychologists, including Bloomfield, Chomsky, Dummett, Fodor, Katz, Labov, Popper, Quine, Sapir, Saussure, Skinner and Wittgenstein. Discusses 20th-century conceptions of what language is. One part reviews conceptions portraying the essence of language and language as material, behavioural, mental, biological, social, abstract and autonomous. Another part reviews how theorists have "sold" their conceptions of language. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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• Titolo: Twentieth Century Conceptions of Language (Hardcover)
• Editore: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Hoboken
• Data di pubblicazione: 1992
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0631181989
• ISBN 13: 9780631181989
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Condizione: new

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<p><b>How linguists, philosophers and psychologists view the essence of language</b><p>Since scholars study the conceptions of language, <i>Twentieth Century Conceptions of Language</i>, provides analysis of these conceptions, including identifying their issues and merits. The book touches on the thinking of a range of notable linguists, philosophers and psychologists, including Bloomfield, Chomsky, Dummett, Fodor, Katz, Labov, Popper, Quine, Sapir, Saussure, Skinner and Wittgenstein.