Language turned on itself : the semantics and pragmatics of metalinguistic discourse /

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Language Turned on Itself examines what happens when language becomes self-reflexive; when language is used to talk about language. Those who think, talk, and write about language are habitual users of various metalinguistic devices, but reliance on these devices begins early: kids are told, 'T...

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Semantics and pragmatics of metalinguistic discourse
Hauptverfasser:
Cappelen, Herman, LePore, Ernest
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Zusammenfassung:
Language Turned on Itself examines what happens when language becomes self-reflexive; when language is used to talk about language. Those who think, talk, and write about language are habitual users of various metalinguistic devices, but reliance on these devices begins early: kids are told, 'That's called a ""rabbit""'. It's not implausible that a primitive capacity for the meta-linguistic kicks in at the beginning stages of language acquisition. But no matter when or howfrequently these devices are invoked, one thing is clear: they present theorists of language with a complex data pattern. H
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1 online resource (x, 169 pages)
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Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [160]-164) and index.
ISBN:
9786611150358
1-4356-2208-1
Schlagworte:
Metalanguage.
Quotation.
Semantics.
Pragmatics.
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