In this wide-ranging book, Talbot Taylor challenges "pure linguistics" through the idea of communicational scepticism. He argues that making ourselves understood, in speech or writing is actually very difficult, and that communication problems are an intrinsic part of language production - a problem rarely tackled by linguists or language theorists. The rhetorical consequences of communicational scepticism are traced in the development of Western theories of language and interpretation from Locke, Saussure, Frege, Chomsky ...
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In this wide-ranging book, Talbot Taylor challenges "pure linguistics" through the idea of communicational scepticism. He argues that making ourselves understood, in speech or writing is actually very difficult, and that communication problems are an intrinsic part of language production - a problem rarely tackled by linguists or language theorists. The rhetorical consequences of communicational scepticism are traced in the development of Western theories of language and interpretation from Locke, Saussure, Frege, Chomsky and Derrida to Dummet, Kripke, Grice, Fish, Smith and Garfinkel. Arguing for an increased awareness of whether, rather than what or how we understand, this book offers insights into the foundations of human communication.
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Add this copy of Mutual Misunderstanding: Scepticism and the Theorizing to cart. $21.05, fair condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1992 by Routledge.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. Book contains pencil markings In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 600grams, ISBN: 9780415063944.
Add this copy of Mutual Misunderstanding: Scepticism and the Theorizing to cart. $42.00, very good condition, Sold by Shelley and Son Books (IOBA) rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hendersonville, NC, UNITED STATES, published 1992 by Duke University Press Books.
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Near Fine. Size: 6x1x9; Paperback. Glossy orange cover with black and white illustration and text. Do others understand what we say or write? Do we understand them? Theorists of language and interpretation claim to be more concerned with questions about "what" we understand and "how" we understand, rather than with the logically prior question "whether" we understand each other. An affirmative answer to the latter question is apparently taken for granted. This analysis reveals how, by the combined effect of appeals to "commonsense" and anxieties about implications of relativism, scepticism has a determining role in the discursive development of a number of the intellectual disciplines making up the "human sciences" today, including critical theory, literary hermeneutics, philosophy of language and logic, communication theory, discourse and conversation analysis, pragmatics, stylistics, and linguistics. Consequently, this provocative study will be of value to readers from a wide variety of disciplinary backgrounds. xii 266pp. CONDITION: Covers are lightly rubbed. Spine is slightly sunned. Pages are crisp and clean. Three pages have been dogeared. Binding and text block are sound. Full refund if not satisfied.
Add this copy of Mutual Misunderstanding: Scepticism and the Theorizing to cart. $44.17, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 1992 by Duke University Press.
Add this copy of Mutual Misunderstanding: Scepticism and the Theorizing to cart. $71.33, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1992 by Duke University Press Books.
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Add this copy of Mutual Misunderstanding: Scepticism and the Theorizing to cart. $199.92, good condition, Sold by Midtown Scholar Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Harrisburg, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1992 by Duke University Press Books.
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Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD Standard-sized.
