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Riley, D; Lecercle, J - The Force Of Language                    - 9781349521395 - V9781349521395
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The Force Of Language

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Description for The Force Of Language Paperback. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CB; CFA; DSA; HPS; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
The Force of Language illustrates how the philosophy of Language, if differently conceived, can directly incorporate questions of political thought and of emotionality, and offers the practical case of defensive strategies against the abusive speech. This follows a broad consideration of the inner voice or inner speech as a test case for a new approach to language, in particular as a way of radically rethinking the usual contrast between inner and outer through furnishing an account of how we internalize speech. The book's core offers a substantial critique of orthodox approaches to the philosophy of language form Chomsky and others; ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
Series
Language, Discourse, Society
Number of Pages
186
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349521395
SKU
V9781349521395
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99-15

About Riley, D; Lecercle, J
DENISE RILEY teaches at the University of East Anglia, UK. Her most recent books are The Words of Selves: Identification, Solidarity, Irony and Selected Poems. JEAN-JACQUES LECERCLE is Professor of English in the University of Paris at Nanterre, France. He has published widely in the fields of philosophy of language and literary theory, and is the author of The ... Read more

Reviews for The Force Of Language
'This is an absorbing and brilliant book, original in its form and far-reaching in its theoretical ambition. Writing in counter-point, Riley and Lecercle propose another philosophy of language, one that displaces the familiar but increasingly unproductive dichotomy between language as inner speech (subjectivity) and language as external system (langue). In erudite, witty, and cunning prose, the authors elegantly put flesh ... Read more

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