Necessity of Artspeak by Roy Harris Jr

Necessity of Artspeak by Roy Harris Jr

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Are contemporary art theorists and critics speaking a language that has lost its meaning? This book takes a linguistic approach to the key issues and shows that what have been considered problems of aesthetics and artistic justification often have their source in underlying linguistic assumptions.

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Necessity of Artspeak by Roy Harris Jr

Are contemporary art theorists and critics speaking a language that has lost its meaning? This book takes a linguistic approach to the key issues and shows that what have been considered problems of aesthetics and artistic justification often have their source in underlying linguistic assumptions.
Roy Harris is Emeritus Professor of General Linguistics at the University of Oxford and editor of the journal Language & Communication. His many publications include The Language Myth and Rethinking Writing.
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ISBN 13 9780826460790
ISBN 10 0826460798
Title Necessity of Artspeak
Author Roy Harris Jr
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 2003-05-01
Number of pages 224
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