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The Linguistic Construction of Reality (Routledge Library Editions: Philosophy of Language) - Hardcover

Book 3 of 10: Routledge Library Editions: Philosophy of Language

Grace, Gerald W.

 
9781138697126: The Linguistic Construction of Reality (Routledge Library Editions: Philosophy of Language)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1138697125 ISBN 13: 9781138697126
Publisher: Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

This book, originally published in 1987, considers how the science of linguistics creates its own objects of study. It argues that language is the one essential tool in the ‘social construction of reality’ – the way in which our environment as we perceive and respond to it is actually created by the cultural constructs we bring to bear on it – and that it is also the means by which this reality, once constructed, is preserved and transmitted from person to person and from generation to generation. Hence it is entirely appropriate to refer to the linguistic construction of reality.

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George W. Grace

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138697125
ISBN 13 
9781138697126
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
160