Publications

Publication details [#48604]

Hermann, Jesper. 2008. The ‘language’ problem. Language & Communication 28 (1) : 93–99.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

language | metaphor | psychology

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

www.sciencedirect.com/

Annotation

This study argues that the metaphorical expression of language as a ‘thing’ or a 'structure' is misleading, and that our comprehension of and acting on anything verbal must therefore be explored psychologically too. Some reasons for and consequences of this claim are addressed.