Word and World: Practice and the Foundations of Language

Hanna, Patricia,Harrison, Bernard

ISBN 10: 0521537444 / ISBN 13: 9780521537445

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Word and World: Practice and the Foundations of Language
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521537444
• ISBN 13: 9780521537445
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Proposing a new account of the nature of language, founded upon an original interpretation of Wittgenstein, Patricia Hanna and Bernard Harrison deny the existence of a direct referential relationship between words and things. Their provocative re-examination of the interrelations of language and social practice will interest not only philosophers of language but also linguists, psycholinguists, and students of communication.

Book Description

This important book proposes a new account of the nature of language, founded upon an original interpretation of Wittgenstein. The authors deny the existence of a direct referential relationship between words and things. A provocative re-examination of the interrelations of language and social practice this book will interest not only philosophers of language but also linguists, psycholinguists, students of communication and all those concerned with the nature and acquisition of human linguistic capacities.