Guanlian Qian

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The Last Homestead of Human Beings

• Format: ePub

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 346
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000335798
• Artikelnr.: 61314600

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.