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Units, rules, codes, systems: this is how most linguists study language. This book provides an account of integrationalism, a theory of language that declines to accept that text and context, language and world, are distinct and stable categories.

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“Total Speech provides an entirely original discussion of some of the most central and controversial issues in the theory and philosophy of language. This book is not just a synopsis of the integrationalist school of thought, it is a major contribution to the development of that thought and to its emergence as a major force in American and European thinking about language.”—Talbot Taylor, College of William and Mary

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1
1. On Inscribed or Literal Meaning 24
2. Metaphor 56
3. Intentionality and Coming into Language 98
4. Further Principles of Integrational Linguistics, or, On Not Losing Sight of the Language User 140
5. Relevance in Theory and Practice 181
6. Repetition 226
7. Rules 271
References 323
Index 335

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      Publisher Duke University Press
      Published 12 June 1996
      ISBN-13 9780822317906
      978-0822317906
      ISBN-10 0822317907

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Units, rules, codes, systems: this is how most linguists study language. This book provides an account of integrationalism, a theory of language that declines to accept that text and context, language and world, are distinct and stable categories.

      Trade Review
      “Total Speech provides an entirely original discussion of some of the most central and controversial issues in the theory and philosophy of language. This book is not just a synopsis of the integrationalist school of thought, it is a major contribution to the development of that thought and to its emergence as a major force in American and European thinking about language.”—Talbot Taylor, College of William and Mary

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments vii
      Introduction 1
      1. On Inscribed or Literal Meaning 24
      2. Metaphor 56
      3. Intentionality and Coming into Language 98
      4. Further Principles of Integrational Linguistics, or, On Not Losing Sight of the Language User 140
      5. Relevance in Theory and Practice 181
      6. Repetition 226
      7. Rules 271
      References 323
      Index 335

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