The Limitations of Language
Published on 19. September 1988
Book
Paperback/Softback
VIII, 180 pages
978-0-333-37153-4 (ISBN)
Description
This book explores the relation between language and our senses and emotions, taking readers into domains as diverse as wine-tasting, marriage guidance counselling, medical training and face recognition. The authors suggest that language is capable of both confusing and clarifying.
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Edition
1988 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
VIII, 180 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
249 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-37153-4 (9780333371534)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-349-19446-9
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Terence Moore | Christine Carling
The Limitations of Language
Book
09/1988
Palgrave Macmillan
€46.43
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Content
Part 1 The limits of language: changing perspectives; maps and languages; languages and maps; the public and the private - a difficult balancing act; secret reference - a grand illusion; words and things - a second secret reference; convergence; convergence and clarity; taking time to understand; private uncertainty, public confusion; language on automatic pilot; language solidarity. Part 2 Language, sense and emotion: seeing faces; when a face really matters; educating the senses; talking about tasting - the language of wine; wine and words - an empirical approach; feeling we understand; language and emotion. Part 3 The language of reflection: taking part and standing back; telling stories - a special case of observer language; telling stories and telling the truth.