Meaning Of Meaning
An Arabic translation of a classic work on the relation between language, thought, and signs. It is positioned as a foundational book for thinking about how meaning is produced through abstract theory.
Work Information
A classic of semantics reread in Arabic.
The Arabic translation introduces Ogden and Richards’ classic and opens up its arguments about how meaning is produced and how language works. It bridges the complexity of the original for Arabic readers.
Review Summaries
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Readers value its influence as a classic of language philosophy and the continued provocation of its theoretical frame. It requires patience, but it is often read as a foundational text for thinking about meaning.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Mariner Books
- Published
- 1989-06-26
- Pages
- 396 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 13.97 x 2.51 x 21.08 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780156584463
- ISBN-10
- 0156584468
- Price
- 3695 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Nonfiction/Education/Reference/Words & Language
Language is the most important of all the instruments of civilization. This is the premise of a work whose significance to the study of language, literature, and philosophy has remained undiminished since its original publication in 1923. New Introduction by Umberto Eco; Indices.
Reviews
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Absolutely brilliant.
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Es un libro que no puede faltar en la biblioteca de cualquier filólogo.
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Written before WW2 thus book is still worth reading , also see Tyranny of Words by Stuart Chase ( a contemporary of Ogden). Not ecactly light reading but still accessible, as is Chase''s boom
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very good
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I could not get into this book. It was boring.