The Limitations of Language - Softcover

Moore, Terence; Carling, Chris

 
9780333371534: The Limitations of Language
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0333371534 ISBN 13: 9780333371534
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 1988

Synopsis

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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Synopsis

An exploration of 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 argue that language is a double-edged weapon, equally capable of clarifying and confusing. At best it provides no more than a fragile bridge between us, sustained by illusions we all share. Through language we can reconstruct experiences in a way far-removed from what we actually lived, feign understanding, hide what we actually feel, or talk with confidence about what we ill-understand.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date
1988
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0333371534
ISBN 13 
9780333371534
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
188

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