Language Myth in Western Culture
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Roy Harris
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Language Myth in Western Culture
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Taylor and Francis
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9781136751462
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1
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CHF 77.20
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Kunst, Literatur
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English
The basic claim of this book is that for 2000 years and more the western tradition has relied on two very dubious assumptions about human communication: that each national language is a unique code and that linguistic communication consists in the utilization of such codes to transfer messages from mind to mind.