Language and the Distortion of Meaning
Patrick Degramont
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Release Date: 01/04/1992
Genre: Society & Culture
Sub-Genre: Language & Reference
Label: New York University Press
Language: English
Publisher: New York University Press
Draws upon evidence from infant observation and linguistics as well as from information theory in order to make two related points. This title demonstrates how our prevailing theories of meaning have failed to account for how we distort meaning. Patrick de Gramont draws upon evidence from infant observaton and linguistics as well as from information theory in order to make two related points. First, he demonstrates how our prevailing theories of meaning have failed to account for how we distort meaning.