Theory of Language

The Representational Function of Language

Bibliographic Data

ID23133014
AuthorsKarl Bühler (corresponding author)
TranslatorsDonald Fraser Goodwin
Year1990
Pages508
Publication date1990-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueTheory of language (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/fos.25
OpenAlexW4206481877
Open LibraryOL1862539M
ISBN9789027232977
LanguageEN
Citations received99

Karl Bühler (1879-1963) was one of the leading theoreticians of language of this century. His masterwork Sprachtheorie (1934) has been praised widely and gained considerable recognition in the fields of linguistics, semiotics, the philosophy of language and the psychology of language. The work has, however, resisted translation into English partly because of its spirited and vivid style, partly because of the depth and range of analysis, partly because of the great erudition of the author, who displays a thorough command of both the linguistic and the philosophical traditions. With this translation, Bühler's ideas on many problems that are still controversial and others only recently rediscovered, are now accessible to the English-speaking world.Contents: The work is divided into four parts. Part I discusses the four “axioms” or principles of language research, the most famous of which is the first, the “organon model”, the base of Bühler's instrumental view of language. Part II treats the role of indexicality in language and discusses deixis as one determinant of speech. Part III examines the symbolic field, dealing with context, onomatopoeia and the function of case. Part IV deals with the elements of language and their organization (syllabification, the definition of the word, metaphor, anaphora, etc).The text is accompanied by: Translator's preface; Introduction (by Achim Eschbach); Glossary of terms and Bibliography of cited works (both compiled by the translator); Index of names, Index of topics.

Context (archaeology) · Deixis · Glossary · Indexicality · Linguistics · Onomatopoeia · Computer Science · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · History · Linguistic research and analysis · Philosophy · Language and languages · Semiotics

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