Challenges the foundation of recent literary and language-based theory, offering instead a syntagmatic approach to language. Covers post-Chomskyan' linguistics, deconstruction, analytic and speech-act theory.



Autorentext

Harland, Richard



Zusammenfassung
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.

Inhalt

Preface, PART I The limits of Superstructuralism, PART II A theory of the syntagm, PART III Syntagmatic theory and philosophy, PART IV Syntagmatic theory and linguistics, PART V Syntagmatic theory and literature, PART VI Syntagmatic theory and textual interpretation, Conclusion, Notes, Bibliography, Index

Titel
Beyond Superstructuralism
EAN
9781134923120
ISBN
978-1-134-92312-0
Format
E-Book (epub)
Herausgeber
Veröffentlichung
02.09.2003
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Dateigrösse
0.71 MB
Anzahl Seiten
272
Jahr
2003
Untertitel
Englisch