The Idea of a Text and the Nature of Textual Meaning (FILLM Studies in Languages and Literatures)

Pettersson, Anders

ISBN 10: 902720134X / ISBN 13: 9789027201348

Published by John Benjamins Publishing Compan, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Idea of a Text and the Nature of Textual Meaning (FILLM Studies in Languages and Literatures)
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Compan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 902720134X
• ISBN 13: 9789027201348
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

In his account of text and textual meaning, Pettersson demonstrates that a text as commonly conceived is not only a verbal structure but also a physical entity, two kinds of phenomena which do not in fact add up to a unitary object. He describes this current notion of text as convenient enough for many practical purposes, but inadequate in discussions of a theoretically more demanding nature. Having clearly demonstrated its intellectual drawbacks, he develops an alternative, boldly revisionary way of thinking about text and textual meaning. His careful argument is in challenging dialogue with assumptions about language-in-use to be found in a wide range of present-day literary theory, linguistics, philosophical aesthetics, and philosophy of language.