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Language and the Distortion of Meaning / Patrick Degramont.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : New York University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©1990Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780814732618
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 401.43
LOC classification:
  • P37 .D4 1992
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. WHAT'S WRONG WITH OUR NOTIONS OF PREVERBAL DISTORTION? -- 2. THE PROBLEM OF REPRESENTATION -- 3. THE ROLE OF LANGUAGE IN REPRESENTING OUR REALITY -- 4. LANGUAGE AND THE OBJECTIFICATION OF MEANING -- 5. LANGUAGE AND REFLECTION -- 6. HOW LANGUAGE PROMOTES THE DISTORTION OF MEANING -- 7. LANGUAGE AND THE CREATION OF MEANING -- 8. THE LITERAL/METAPHORICAL DIMENSION OF THE SELF -- 9. LANGUAGE AND THE SOCIAL ORDER -- 10. PSYCHOANALYTIC FAILURES IN INTEGRITY -- AFTERWORD -- Appendix ON THE POSSIBILITY OF FREE CHOICE, AND THE INTEGRITY OF KNOWLEDGE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
Summary: Patrick de Gramont draws upon evidence from infant observaton and linguistics as well as from information theory in order to make two related points. First, he demonstrates how our prevailing theories of meaning have failed to account for how we distort meaning.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. WHAT'S WRONG WITH OUR NOTIONS OF PREVERBAL DISTORTION? -- 2. THE PROBLEM OF REPRESENTATION -- 3. THE ROLE OF LANGUAGE IN REPRESENTING OUR REALITY -- 4. LANGUAGE AND THE OBJECTIFICATION OF MEANING -- 5. LANGUAGE AND REFLECTION -- 6. HOW LANGUAGE PROMOTES THE DISTORTION OF MEANING -- 7. LANGUAGE AND THE CREATION OF MEANING -- 8. THE LITERAL/METAPHORICAL DIMENSION OF THE SELF -- 9. LANGUAGE AND THE SOCIAL ORDER -- 10. PSYCHOANALYTIC FAILURES IN INTEGRITY -- AFTERWORD -- Appendix ON THE POSSIBILITY OF FREE CHOICE, AND THE INTEGRITY OF KNOWLEDGE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX

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Patrick de Gramont draws upon evidence from infant observaton and linguistics as well as from information theory in order to make two related points. First, he demonstrates how our prevailing theories of meaning have failed to account for how we distort meaning.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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