Meaning and Reading

A philosophical essay on language and literature
Erscheinungsjahr 1983
ISBN: 978-90-272-2515-3
Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Buch, Englisch, Band IV:3, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 280 g

Reihe: Pragmatics & Beyond

According to the traditional view, meaning presents itself under the form of some kind of identity. To give the meaning of a sentence amounts to being capable of producing some substitute based on the identity of the terms of the sentence. Is then the meaning of a book, or of any text, the capacity of rewriting it? Instead of retaining a double-standard theory of meaning, one for sentences and another for texts, that would allow for an ad hoc gap, the author provides a unified conception, called the question view of language he has developed, known as problematology. He pursues a systematic analysis of questioning in literature and shows how questioning makes the understanding process possible.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Meyer, Michel