Twentieth Century Conceptions Of Language

Discusses 20th-century conceptions of what language is. One part reviews conceptions portraying the essence of language and language as material, behavioural, mental, biological, social, abstract and autonomous. Another part reviews how theorists have "sold" their conceptions of language.

• | By (Author): Rudolf P. Botha
• | Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
• | Publication Date: Nov 05, 1992
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 364 pages
• | Language: Not Available
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 0631181989
• | ISBN-13: 9780631181989