Beyond Superstructuralism

ISBN-13: 9780415063586 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 272 str.

Richard Harland;Harland

Opis

Richard Harland argues that the focus on single words in the structuralist theory of language is its key weakness and that the next advance beyond post-structuralism depends upon replacing word-based with syntagma-based theories. Harland develops a new syntagmatic theory which shows that the effect of combining words grammatically can transform the very nature of meaning. The wide breadth of coverage in the book covers both post-Chomsky linguistics and Derrida, and sets up an opposition to analytic and speech-act theories of language. By presenting a systematic critique and counter-proposal, Harland challenges the foundation of recent literary and linguistic theory.

Spis treści

Preface, PART I The limits of Superstructuralism, PART II A theory of the syntagm, PART III Syntagmatic theory and philosophy, PART IV Syntagmatic theory and linguistics, PART V Syntagmatic theory and literature, PART VI Syntagmatic theory and textual interpretation, Conclusion, Notes, Bibliography, Index

O autorze

Harland, Richard