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Language Turned on Itself: The Semantics and Pragmatics of Metalinguistic Discourse
Language Turned on Itself The Semantics and Pragmatics of Metalinguistic Discourse
Author: Herman Cappelen, Ernest Lepore
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 ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780199231195
ISBN-10: 0199231192
Publication Date: 11/24/2007
Pages: 148
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Hardcover
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