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Language: The Unknown: An Initiation Into Linguistics

Language: The Unknown: An Initiation Into Linguistics

Kristeva, Julia

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Series: European Perspectives: A Social Thought and Cultural Criticism

Literary CriticismLinguistics

ISBN10: 0231216793
ISBN13: 9780231216791
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: Jan 14 2025
Pages: 408
Weight: 1.14
Height: 0.91 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
In this wide-ranging introduction, Julia Kristeva presents the evolution and emergence of linguistics. For Kristeva, the object of linguistic investigation is not What is language? but rather How can language be thought? In a series of carefully documented analyses, she examines the links between philosophical speculation and linguistic practice. She traces postmodern linguistic theory back to its roots, using sources that range from Egyptian hieroglyphics, Mayan and Phoenician writings, and the Hebrew Bible to the Prague School of Structuralism. Thorough and far-reaching in its analysis, Language: The Unknown provides fascinating insights into the history of graphic cultures, philosophy, anthropology, and semiotics.

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