The language builder : an essay on the human signature in linguistic morphogenesis / Claude Hagège.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hagège, Claude, 1936-

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; Series IV, v. 94.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 94

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linguistics.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (295 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Linguistics, as a social science, should have something to teach us about humans as social beings. However, modern grammatical theories regard languages as autonomous systems, so these theories are little concerned with speakers and hearers, their interactions, and their relationship to the world around them. Further, these theories tend toward excessive concern with methodology and the properties of linguistic systems, neglecting, in fact, the languages themselves and those who use them in everyday life. Even the shift toward cognitive approaches, promising for their new insights into the bra

Contents:

pt. 1. Levels of linguistic consciousness and human intervention in language

pt. 2. The place of humans in language morphogenesis

pt. 3. Two aspects of language morphogenesis.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [236]-263) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786613312990

9781283312998

1283312999

9789027277008

9027277001

OCLC:

759396375