| Description |
xiv, 303 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
SUNY series in speech communication |
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SUNY series in speech communication.
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| Contents |
Pt. I. Language: A System of Symbols or Articulate Contact? Ch. 1. The Symbol Model and the Nature of Language. Ch. 2. The Symbol Model from the Ancients to Humboldt. Ch. 3. Twentieth-Century Versions of the Symbol Model. Ch. 4. Language as Constitutive Articulate Contact. Ch. 5. Diverse Friendly Bedfellows -- Pt. II. The Symbol Model and Three Philosophies of Language. Ch. 6. Semiotics and Dialogue in Marxism and the Philosophy of Language. Ch. 7. The Symbol Model and the Philosophy of Language: The Case of Kenneth Burke / John Stewart and Karen J. Williams. Ch. 8. The Symbol Model and Calvin O. Schrag's Communicative Praxis |
| Summary |
This book analyzes the prominent view that language is basically a system of signs and symbols; outlines an alternative that builds on aspects of the philosophies of Heidegger, Gadamer, Buber, and Bakhtin; and employs this alternative to criticize accounts of language developed by V. N. Volosinov, Kenneth Burke, and Calvin O. Schrag. From the perspective of communication theory, this book extends some features of the postmodern critique of representationalism to develop a post-semiotic account of the nature of language as dialogic |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-296) and index |
| Subject |
Communication -- Philosophy.
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Language and languages -- Philosophy.
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Semiotics.
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| LC no. |
94007309 |
| ISBN |
0791422879 (acid-free paper) |
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0791422887 (paperback: acid-free paper) |
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