{"product_id":"why-language-jacques-moeschler-9783111266763","title":"Why Language?: What Pragmatics Tells Us about Language and Communication","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is, at present, no book introducing the general issue of why language is specific to human beings, how it works, why language is not communication and communication is not language, why languages vary and how they evolved.\u003cbr\u003eBased on the most recent works in linguistics and pragmatics, \u003cem\u003eWhy Language?\u003c\/em\u003e addresses many questions that everyone has about language. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStarting from false claims about language and languages, showing that language is not communication and communication is not language, the first part (Language and Communication) ends by proposing a difference between linguistic rules and communicative principles. The second part (Language, Society, Discourse) includes domains of language and language uses which are generally taken as extrinsic to language, such as language variety, discourse and non-ordinary (literary) usages. Special attention is given to figures of discourse (metaphor, metonymy, irony) and literary usages such as narration and free indirect style.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe reader, either specialist or amateur in language science, will find a first and unique synthesis about what we know today about language and what we have yet to learn, sketching what could be the future of linguistics in the next decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jacques Moeschler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3111266761\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783111266763\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e de Gruyter Mouton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/08\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.55d","brand":"Jacques Moeschler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48446091788543,"sku":"9783111266763","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1d99fcb8-7fbb-48be-ade0-30b2803694a0.jpg?v=1777222538","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/why-language-jacques-moeschler-9783111266763","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}