Voyage Into Language: Space and the Linguistic Encounter, 1500-1800

ISBN-13: 9780754606970 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 288 str.

David B. Paxman

Opis

The author explores the connections between perceived space and language, citing, for example, Cassirer's observation that since all of our knowledge of phenomena ultimately dissolves into a knowledge of temporal and spatial relations, this constitutes the truly objectifying principle of knowledge.

Recenzje

'For those interested in the history of language study, this book is a must. It is the fascinating story of the influence of spatial experience on the development of Western conceptions of language.' Cecil H. Brown, Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus, Northern Illinois University 'It is primarily of interest to specialists in the history of linguistics, but may also be relevant to specialists in critical theory and cognitive science. Recommended.' Choice 'Paxman's book not only reminds us that early travel literature provided the focal point for formulating core problems of present day anthropology, linguistics, psychology and semiotics; it also whets the reader's appetite for revisiting some of the early writers he discusses - especially, for anyone interested in the history of semiotics, Condillac.' Journeys

Spis treści

Contents: Introduction; Space and language: language in space; Mapping language; Language barriers; Containing language: what language contains; Philosophical grammar, or language and world in stasis; Rhetoric and the expanding world; Locke and after: language as the mind's space; Language as the journey of the human mind: typology, national culture, and the role of the linguist; Conclusion; Index.

O autorze

David B. Paxman