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D. S. Clarke - Sign Levels: Language and Its Evolutionary Antecedents - 9781402030796 - V9781402030796
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Sign Levels: Language and Its Evolutionary Antecedents

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Description for Sign Levels: Language and Its Evolutionary Antecedents Paperback. Traces the development of the logical categories of language to the more primitive sign levels of natural events and signals. This work includes chapters that discuss the features introduced by spoken natural languages and the written specialized languages used within social institutions. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 391.
Since the revolution in philosophic method that began about a century ago, the focus of philosophic attention has been on language as used both in daily conversation and in specialized institutional activities such as science, law, and the arts. But language is an extremely complex and varied means of communication, and the study of it has been increasingly incorporated into such empirical disciplines as linguistics, psycho linguistics, and cognitive psychology. It is becoming less clear what aspects of language remain as proper subjects of philosophical study, what are to be kicked upstairs (J. L. Austin's phrase) to the ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
260
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Series
Philosophical Studies Series
Condition
New
Weight
420g
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402030796
SKU
V9781402030796
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