Guanlian Qian

Language

The Last Homestead of Human Beings

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This title explores philosophical aspects of the relationship between language and being. Drawing on western classical works and day-to-day examples from the Chinese context, the author argues that man lives within language, has to live within language, and is governed by formulaic speech events.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 485g
• ISBN-13: 9780367528829
• ISBN-10: 0367528827
• Artikelnr.: 69892435

Autorenporträt

Guanlian Qian is a professor at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. His research interests are the philosophy of language and pragmatics.

Inhaltsangabe

Preamble. Preface 1: Grabbing a language means grabbing its thoughts.
Preface 2. Preface 3. Preface 4: Finally, I'm back home! Preface for the
English edition. 1 Introduction. 2 Philosophical and Pragmatic
Perspectives. 3 Language: Mankind's Last Homestead. 4 Language Betraying
Human Beings: The Paradox of "Language Being Mankind's Last Homestead". 5
Choosing Not to Speak. Postscript: Picking the Grapes within My Reach.