Total Speech by Michael Toolan

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Summary

Units, rules, codes, systems: this is how most linguists study language. This book provides an account of integrationalism, a theory of language that declines to accept that text and context, language and world, are distinct and stable categories.

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Total Speech by Michael Toolan

Units, rules, codes, systems: this is how most linguists study language. This book provides an account of integrationalism, a theory of language that declines to accept that text and context, language and world, are distinct and stable categories.
“Total Speech provides an entirely original discussion of some of the most central and controversial issues in the theory and philosophy of languageThis book is not just a synopsis of the integrationalist school of thought, it is a major contribution to the development of that thought and to its emergence as a major force in American and European thinking about language.”-Talbot Taylor, College of William and Mary

Michael Toolan is Associate Professor of English at the University of Washington.

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ISBN 13 9780822317906
ISBN 10 0822317907
Title Total Speech
Author Michael Toolan
Series Post Contemporary Interventions
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Duke University Press
Year published 1996-06-12
Number of pages 352
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.