Theory of Language: The Representational Function of Language - Softcover

Bühler, Karl

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9027211825 ISBN 13: 9789027211828

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2011

Synopsis

Karl Bühler (1879-1963) was one of the leading theoreticians of language of the twentieth century. Although primarily a psychologist, Bühler devoted much of his attention to the study of language and language theory. His masterwork Sprachtheorie (1934) quickly gained recognition in the fields of linguistics, semiotics, the philosophy of language and the psychology of language. This new edition of the English translation of Bühler s theory begins with a survey on Bühler s legacy for modern linguistics (Werner Abraham), followed by the Theory of Language, and finally with a special Postscript: Twenty-five Years Later ¦ (Achim Eschbach). Bühler s theory is divided into four parts. Part I discusses the four axioms or principles of language research, the most famous of which is the first, the organon model, the base of Bühler's instrumental view of language. Part II treats the r

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Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

Edition details

• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027211825
• ISBN 13: 9789027211828
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 616