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

• Autore: Hagège Claude <1936->
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1993
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (295 p.)
• Disciplina: 410
• Soggetto topico: Linguistics; Language and languages
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [236]-263) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The language builder
• ISBN: 1-283-31299-9; 9786613312990; 90-272-7700-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825306303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. : Series IV, . -Current issues in linguistic theory ; ; v. 94.