The Language Myth in Western Culture
| By: | null |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9780700714537 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781136751455 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2002 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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The basic claim of this book is that for 2000 years and more the western tradition has relied on two very dubious assumptions about human communication: that each national language is a unique code and that linguistic communication consists in the utilization of such codes to transfer messages from mind to mind.