Word and World: Practice and the Foundations of Language

Proposing a new account of the nature of language, founded upon an original interpretation of Wittgenstein, Patricia Hanna and Bernard Harrison deny the existence of a direct referential relationship between words and things. Their provocative re-examination of the interrelations of language and social practice will interest not only philosophers of language but also linguists, psycholinguists, and students of communication.

Author: Patricia Hanna, Bernard Harrison
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 12/15/2003
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.12h x 6.06w x 1.05d
ISBN: 9780521537445