1st Edition
Routledge Revivals: The Violence of Language (1990)
By Jean-Jacques Lecercle
Copyright 1990
281 Pages
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Routledge
281 Pages
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Routledge
281 Pages
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Routledge
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First published in 1990, this book argues that any theory of language constructs its ‘object’ by separating ‘relevant’ from ‘irrelevant’ phenomena — excluding the latter. This leaves a ‘remainder’ which consists of the untidy, creative part of how language is used — the essence of poetry and metaphor. Although this remainder can never be completely formalised, it must be fully recognised by any... Read more
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Jean-Jacques Lecercle
