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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: John E. Joseph , Nigel Love , Talbot J TaylorPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.520kg ISBN: 9780415063975ISBN 10: 0415063973 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 31 May 2001 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print ![]() This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Sapir on language, culture and personality 2 Jakobson and structuralism 3 Orwell on language and politics 4 Whorf on language and thought 5 Firth on language and context 6 Wittgenstein on grammatical investigations 7 Austin on language as action 8 Skinner on verbal behaviour 9 Chomsky on language as biology 10 Labov on linguistic variation 11 Goffman on the communicating self 12 Bruner on the child’s passport into language 13 Derrida on the linguistic sign and writing 14 Harris on linguistics without languages 15 Kanzi on human languageReviewsFills a long-standing need for an intellectually solid survey of thought about language that bridges the divide between language philosophy and linguistics. Should be required reading in virtually any academic course, graduate or undergraduate, that deals to any extent with language. <br>-Paul Hopper, Carnegie Mellon University, USA <br> An ideal introduction to the whole gamut of current linguistic ideas...The ideal introduction for a beginner to the basic issues.. <br>-Ashish Mehta, Jawaharlal Nehru University of India <br> Fills a long-standing need for an intellectually solid survey of thought about language that bridges the divide between language philosophy and linguistics. Should be required reading in virtually any academic course, graduate or undergraduate, that deals to any extent with language. -Paul Hopper, Carnegie Mellon University, USA An ideal introduction to the whole gamut of current linguistic ideas...The ideal introduction for a beginner to the basic issues.. -Ashish Mehta, Jawaharlal Nehru University of India Author InformationJohn E. Joseph is Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Edinburgh, UK. Nigel Love is Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Talbot J. Taylor is L.G.T. Cooley Professor of English and Linguistics at the College of William and Mary, Virginia, USA. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |