Gyp and the Reconstruction of (Self-)Consciousness
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4816543 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amy Millstone (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 189-207 |
| Publication date | 1987-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Biography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-4962 • E-ISSN: 1529-1456 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/bio.2010.0648 |
| OpenAlex | W2094223027 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
In the opening chapter of her memoirs, the best-selling French novelist Gyp (1849-1932) describes her childhood experience of language acquisition. Equating speech with consciousness as well as self-consciousness, the author uses three distinct narrative voices to trace her awareness of the importance of language as the key to reality
Art · Consciousness · Epistemology · Equating · Linguistics · Literature · Memoir · Narrative · Sociology · Computer Science · History · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Linguistic Education and Pedagogy · Linguistic research and analysis · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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