Hubterranean View of Syntax (eBook)

An Analysis of Linguistic Form through Network Theory

Julie Louise Steele (Autor)

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2011
380 Seiten
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4438-3599-2 (ISBN)

Infos

In A Hubterranean View Of Syntax, Julie Louise Steele explores the notion that "e;patterns in nature may be realised in the linguistic form of our own conversations; that our words dance to the same tune that is played out in our world."e; To show this, "e;the branch configuration of a tree and its leaf structure echoed in the distributary arrangement in a river delta and the blood vessels of a kidney. Recall the spiral of a shell, its shape reflected in the wind currents of a tornado, the florets of a sunflower head and the curl of a ram's horn."e;Splendidly written in the beautiful country of Australia, where the Aborigines have an innate relationship with their language and the land."e;Language is nature and nature is language."e;- Michael Steele

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.12.2011
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Sprachphilosophie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
• ISBN-10: 1-4438-3599-4 / 1443835994
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4438-3599-2 / 9781443835992