The book presents a new general theory of language as a collectively-constructed communication technology - not unlike the social media on the Net today - that is dedicated to a very particular communicative function: the instruction of imagination.
The book presents a new general theory of language as a collectively-constructed communication technology - not unlike the social media on the Net today - that is dedicated to a very particular communicative function: the instruction of imagination.
Daniel Dor received his Ph.D. in Linguistics from Stanford University, and he is currently head of the Department of Communication, Tel Aviv University. He has written extensively on a wide variety of issues: the relationship between semantics and syntax, the pragmatics of newspaper headlines, the emergence of a new sociolinguistic regime on the Internet, the construction of political ideology in the language of the media, and the cultural-biological evolution of language and its speakers.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction 2. The Functional Specificity of Language 3. How the Technology Works 4. Sign and Meaning 5. The Spiral of Relativity 6. Production and Comprehension 7. The Social Autonomy of Syntax 8. The Universality of Diversity 9. Acquisition as a Collective Enterprise 10. The Evolution of Language and its Users 11. Conclusion References
1. Introduction 2. The Functional Specificity of Language 3. How the Technology Works 4. Sign and Meaning 5. The Spiral of Relativity 6. Production and Comprehension 7. The Social Autonomy of Syntax 8. The Universality of Diversity 9. Acquisition as a Collective Enterprise 10. The Evolution of Language and its Users 11. Conclusion References
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