ABSTRACT

This book focuses on major theories of language from several disciplines and aims to develop an approach to communicative practice that combines the formal properties of linguistic systems with the dynamics of speech as social activity.

part One|70 pages

Language the System

chapter 2|18 pages

The Language of Saussure

chapter 3|27 pages

From Signs to Sentences

part Two|138 pages

Language the Nexus of Context

chapter 5|27 pages

Sentences, Speech Acts, and Utterances

chapter 6|22 pages

Three Phenomenologies of Language

chapter 7|29 pages

Saturation by Context

chapter 8|32 pages

Relativity, Reflexivity, and Difference

chapter 9|26 pages

Beyond the Speaker and the Text

part Three|80 pages

Communicative Practices

chapter 10|19 pages

Elements of Communicative Practice

chapter 12|39 pages

Meaning in History