Language : communication and human behavior : the linguistic essays of William Diver / / edited, annotated, augmented, and with introductions by Alan Huffman, Joseph Davis.
William Diver of Columbia University (1921-1995) critiqued the very roots of traditional and contemporary linguistics and founded a school of thought that aims for radical aposteriorism in accounting for the distribution of linguistic forms in authentic text. Grammatical and phonological analyses of...
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| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Brill eBook titles
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (574 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | William Diver of Columbia University (1921-1995) critiqued the very roots of traditional and contemporary linguistics and founded a school of thought that aims for radical aposteriorism in accounting for the distribution of linguistic forms in authentic text. Grammatical and phonological analyses of Homeric Greek, Classical Latin, and Modern English reveal language to be an instrument whose structure is shaped by its communicative function and by the peculiarly human characteristics of its users. Diver's foundational works, many never before published, appear here newly edited and annotated, with introductions by the editors. The volume presents for the first time to a wide audience the depth and originality of Diver's iconoclastic thought. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1283310619 9786613310613 9004209107 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | edited, annotated, augmented, and with introductions by Alan Huffman, Joseph Davis. |