Control and ability : towards a biocybernetics of language / Waltraud Brennenstuhl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brennenstuhl, Waltraud.

Series:

Pragmatics & beyond ; 3:4.

Pragmatics & beyond, 0166-6258 ; 3:4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Philosophy.

Language and languages.

Cybernetics.

Biolinguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (129 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1982.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the first of the two volumes - the second volume being Thomas Ballmer's Biological Foundations of Linguistic Communication (P&B III:7) - treating biocybernetical questions of language. This book starts from a cybernetic explication of some action theoretic notions, like control and ability. These notions are used in order to provide adequate means of describing the complex and subtle phenomena of communication, both from a general point of view as well as from a specifically linguistic perspective. In addition the relation between biological systems and language is discussed.

Contents:

CONTROL AND ABILITY; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; INTRODUCTION; I. ACTION THEORETIC EXPLICATIONS; THE CONCEPT OF CONTROL; THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CONTROL; THE LOGIC OF ABILITY; II. DESCRIBING ACTION; CONTROLLERS; III. BIOSYSTEMS AND LANGUAGE; GENETICS, EMBRYOLOGY AND THE LANGUAGE ANALOGY.; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-35959-6

9786613359599

90-272-8061-4

OCLC:

778617897