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Lecercle, Jean-Jacques. 1990. The violence of language. Routledge. vi + 272 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English

Annotation

This complex critique on contemporary linguistics and its distinction between langue and parole, sets out to investigate language beyond the 'frontiers' of linguistic science, encompassing the extremes of intentional language play, where the speaker controls the language and instances where language controls the speaker.

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