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Publication details [#41907]

Clarke, David D. and Brigitte Nerlich. 1999. Wilhelm von Humboldt. In Östman, Jan-Ola, Jef Verschueren, Jan Blommaert and Chris Bulcaen, eds. Handbook of Pragmatics. 1997 Installment. John Benjamins.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

language and culture | language and thought | philosophy of language | pragmatics | speech act

Person as a subject

Humboldt, W. Von

Place, Publisher

John Benjamins

Annotation

The philosophy of language that Humboldt developed between 1795 and 1836 laid the foundations for a ‘pragmatic’ theory of language, in which the notion of the ‘act of speech’ is central. This essay futher discusses language and thought; language and world; language and languages; language, culture & creativity; language, dialogue and pronouns; and Humboldt and the Idéologues.