Musical Languages

by Joseph P. Swain

"How is music like language, and so what if it is?" Using this double-barreled question as a starting point, Joseph P. Swain takes us to the fascinating crossroads where the philosophy and theory of music meet the worlds of linguistics, perception, cognition, meaning, and even poetry. In Musical Languages, Swain revisits the age-old analogy between music and language in light of the latest advances in modern linguistics and cognitive psychology. The...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393040798
• ISBN13: 9780393040791
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"