Date: 06-May-2011 From: Paul Peranteau <paulbenjamins.com> Subject: Theory of Language: Goodwin, Eschbach (Trs), Bühler E-mail this message to a friend
Title: Theory of Language
Subtitle: The representational function of language
Published: 2011
Publisher: John Benjamins
http://www.benjamins.com/
Author: Karl Bühler
Translator: Donald Fraser Goodwin
Translator: Achim Eschbach
Electronic: ISBN: 9789027286864 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 45.00
Electronic: ISBN: 9789027286864 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 68.00
Paperback: ISBN: 9789027211828 Pages: Price: U.K. £ 45.00
Paperback: ISBN: 9789027211828 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 47.70
Paperback: ISBN: 9789027211828 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 68.00
Abstract:
Karl Bühler (1879-1963) was one of the leading theoreticians of language of the twentieth century. Although primarily a psychologist, Bühler devoted much of his attention to the study of language and language theory. His masterwork Sprachtheorie (1934) quickly gained recognition in the fields of linguistics, semiotics, the philosophy of language and the psychology of language. This new edition of the English translation of Bühler's theory begins with a survey on 'Bühler's legacy' for modern linguistics (Werner Abraham), followed by the Theory of Language, and finally with a special 'Postscript: Twenty-five Years Later …' (Achim Eschbach). Bühler's theoryis divided into four parts.
Part I discusses the four axioms or principles of language research, the most famous of which is the first, the organon model, the base of Bühler's instrumental view of language.
Part II treats the role of indexicality in language and discusses deixis as one determinant of speech.
Part III examines the symbolic field, dealing with context, onomatopoeia and the function of case.
Part IV deals with the elements of language and their organization (syllabification, the definition of the word, metaphor, anaphora, etc).
The text is accompanied by an Introduction (Achim Eschbach); Translator's preface (Donald Fraser Goodwin); Glossary of terms; and a Bibliography of cited works.
Linguistic Field(s):
Ling & Literature
Linguistic Theories
Philosophy of Language
Syntax
History of Linguistics
Semiotics
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