ABSTRACT
Moving on from his previous book, Superstructuralism , Richard Harland argues that the focus on single words in the structuralist theory of language is its key weakness and that the next advance beyond post-structuralism depends upon replacing word-based with syntagm-based theories. In a lucid way he develops a new syntagmatic theory which shows that the effect of combining words grammatically can transform the very nature of meaning. The wide breadth of coverage in the book covers both post-Chomskyan' linguistics and Derrida, and sets up an opposition to analytic and speech-act views of language. By presenting a systematic critique and counter-proposal, Harland challenges the very foundation of recent literary and language based theory.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Part I The limits of Superstructuralism
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Part II A theory of the syntagm
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Part III Syntagmatic theory and philosophy
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Part IV Syntagmatic theory and linguistics
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Part V Syntagmatic theory and literature
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PART VI Syntagmatic theory and textual interpretation