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This book is a long overdue survey of all the effects of language on the three levels of evolution, system and discourse OCo and of what thinkers have written about them. From PlatoOCOs critique of Sophistry to BaconOCOs idola fori, HumboldtOCOs OCylanguage is energyOCO, and finally WittgensteinOCOs OCylanguage gamesOCO OCo the 21 chapters of the book deal critically with the power of language and what philosophers have said about it. A glossary of terms and an annotated list of thinkers make this book easy to use."

Table of Contents:
ntroduction Part I The Impact of Speech on a Planet - a 'Meteorite' Hits the Earth 1. The Phylogeny of Language 2. Functional Models of Language 3. Religion, Philosophy and Language Impact Theories Part II The Impact of Language as a System 1. Language as energeia: Wilhelm v. Humboldt 2. Language, Thought, Reality 3. The 'Linguistic Seduction' of Thought: Critique of Language (Bacon, Locke, Hume, Berkeley / Cassirer, Mauthner, Kainz) 4. General Semantics (Korzybski, Hayakawa, Stuart Chase) 5. Linguistic Constructivism (Michael Halliday etc.) 6. Cognitive Linguistics: the Impact of Metaphor and Frame 7. Summary (Part II) Part III The Impact of Discourse on the World 1. Language as Discourse 2. Precursors of Pragmatics 3. Pragmatics 4. Further Topic Areas in Pragmatics 5. The Impact of Texts 6. Discourse Ethics (Habermas, Apel) and Dialogue 7. Discourse Strategies 8. Critical Discourse Analysis: Language, Ideology and Power (Fairclough) 9. Women, Men and Discourse 10. Interaction between Language and World (Ecological Linguistics) 11. Language Combined with Other Modes and Media Summary: Expansion and Limitation Appendix I: Glossary of Terms Appendix II: Commented List of Thinkers on Language Impact

About the Author :
Alwin Frank Fill is Professor Emeritus of English Linguistics at the University of Graz, Austria. His previous books include Okolinguistik: Eine Einfuhrung (Gunter Narr, 1993), Das Prinzip Spannung (Gunter Narr, 2003 (2nd ed. 2007) and (co-edited together with Peter Muhlhausler) The Ecolinguistics Reader (Continuum, 2001).

Review :
'As a comprehensive survey of what must be top of the agenda for any socially and environmentally committed linguist or student of linguistics, this book is second to none.' Professor Andrew Goatly, Department of English, Lingnan University, Hong Kong 'The breadth of humanities disciplines covered in the book is phenomenal: philosophers, (social) psychologists, humorologists, sociologists, discourse analysts of every possible hue, psychotherapists, not to mention innumerable linguists, hyphenated or otherwise, perform on his adroitly erected stage. The diverse scholarly sources tapped and incorporated into this well argued book are very aptly chosen. The overall rhythm and chain of argument together with the examples and quotations given to illustrate the phenomenon of language and discourse's variegated impact are extremely persuasive. Both beginning students of language and linguistics and also common readers will be able to benefit from its not inconsiderable insights and erudition, as well as committed fellow researchers.' Professor Richard Alexander, Wirtschafts Universitat Wien


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  • ISBN-13: 9781845539597
  • Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Equinox Publishing Ltd
  • No of Pages: 274
  • ISBN-10: 1845539591
  • Publisher Date: 01 Nov 2011
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • Sub Title: Evolution - System - Discourse


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