Language Turned on Itself: The Semantics and Pragmatics of Metalinguistic Discourse

by Ernest Lepore, Herman Cappelen, Ernie Lepore

Book Overview

Language Turned on Itself examines what happens when language becomes self-reflexive; when language is used to talk about language. Those who think, talk, and write about language are habitual users of various metalinguistic devices, but reliance on these devices begins early: kids are told, 'That's called a "rabbit"'. It's not implausible that a primitive capacity for the meta-linguistic kicks in at the beginning stages of language acquisition. But...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199575525
• ISBN13: 9780199575527
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.4"