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Language Arts & Disciplines Grammar & Punctuation

Language in the Mind

An Introduction to Guillaume's Theory

by (author) Walter Hirtle

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Aug 2007
Category
Grammar & Punctuation
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780773532632
    Publish Date
    Aug 2007
    List Price
    $125.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773577862
    Publish Date
    Aug 2007
    List Price
    $95.00

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Guillaume sees the word as the link between language as potential and as actual discourse. Meaning is both the representation of the speaker's momentary experience and the determining factor in the the word's use in discourse. Walter Hirtle illustrates Guillaume's general principles with examples drawn from contemporary English grammar and uses comparisons with other approaches, especially cognitive linguistics, to situate Guillaume’s distinctive view of language as essentially a mental phenomenon.

About the author

Walter Hirtle is professeur associé at l’Université Laval, Quebec City, and the author of several books, including Lessons on the English Verb: No Expression without Representation and Language in the Mind: An Introduction to Guillaume's Theory.

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