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Publication details [#2592]
Dempe, Hellmuth. 1930. Was ist Sprache? Eine sprachphilosophische Untersuchung im Anschluss an die Sprachtheorie Karl Bühlers. H. Böhlau. viii + 116 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
German
Keywords
Person as a subject
Annotation
An attempt to show that language is essentially an instrument for intentional representation. D. discusses Bühler's function-theory; he analyzes the concept of 'language', and introduces and discusses the concept of 'speech act'; he analyzes the concept of 'function', and develops his functional theory of language.