The Limitations of Language
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-0-333-37152-7 (ISBN)
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An exploration of the relation between language and our senses and emotions, taking readers into domains as diverse as wine-tasting, marriage guidance counselling, medical training and face recognition. The authors argue that language is a double-edged weapon, equally capable of clarifying and confusing. At best it provides no more than a fragile bridge between us, sustained by illusions we all share. Through language we can reconstruct experiences in a way far-removed from what we actually lived, feign understanding, hide what we actually feel, or talk with confidence about what we ill-understand.
Part 1 The limits of language: changing perspectives; maps and languages; languages and maps; the public and the private - a difficult balancing act; secret reference - a grand illusion; words and things - a second secret reference; convergence; convergence and clarity; taking time to understand; private uncertainty, public confusion; language on automatic pilot; language solidarity. Part 2 Language, sense and emotion: seeing faces; when a face really matters; educating the senses; talking about tasting - the language of wine; wine and words - an empirical approach; feeling we understand; language and emotion. Part 3 The language of reflection: taking part and standing back; telling stories - a special case of observer language; telling stories and telling the truth.
| Zusatzinfo | coda, bibliography, index |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Basingstoke |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 220 mm |
| Gewicht | 340 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Sprachphilosophie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-333-37152-6 / 0333371526 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-333-37152-7 / 9780333371527 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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