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Language - The Last Homestead of Human Beings (Paperback)
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Language - The Last Homestead of Human Beings (Paperback)
Series: Chinese Linguistics
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Heidegger characterizes the relationship between language and Being
as "language is the house of Being", negating the idea that
language is merely a tool ready to be used at hand. Drawing on this
idea, as well as ideas from anthropology, pragmatics, and folklore
studies, the author argues that "language is the last homestead of
human beings", meaning that mankind lives within language, has to
live within language, and lives in formulaic speech events. The
author takes Western classic works on the philosophy of language
and his own insights of language use, rooted in traditional Chinese
culture, in order to develop his own localized theory. In this
title, the author explores the philosophical aspect of man's
survival by presenting day-to-day exchange routines such as
weddings and fortune-telling dialogues in the Chinese context.
Awarded the first prize for Academic Excellence in Philosophy and
Social Sciences in Guangdong Province, and second prize in the
second Xu Guozhang Award for Foreign Language Studies, this is a
must-read for researchers interested in philosophy of language and
pragmatics.
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