Signs, Language and Communication

Harris Roy Harris Professor Roy

ISBN 10: 041551343X / ISBN 13: 9780415513432

Published by Taylor & Francis Group, 2011

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pp. 300.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Signs, Language and Communication
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 041551343X
• ISBN 13: 9780415513432
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In Signs, Language and Communication readers familiar with the arguments of Professor Harris' previous work, including Signs of Writing, will find those ideas developed here to cover not just writing, but aspects of art, design and manufacture.
Roy Harris proposes a new theory of communication. He begins with the premise that the mental life of an individual should be conceived as a continuous attempt to integrate the present with the past and future. He concludes by arguing that communication should be viewed as both a product and a resource of this constant act of integration.

About the Author

Roy Harris is Emeritus Professor of General Linguistics at Oxford University and is the author of numerous publications, including The Language-Makers, The Language Myth, The Language Machine and The Origin of Writing.