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Clarke, David D. and Brigitte Nerlich. 2009. Wilhelm von Humboldt. In Östman, Jan-Ola, Jef Verschueren and Gunter Senft, eds. Culture and Language Use. (Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights 2). John Benjamins. pp. 173–184.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

language and culture | language and thought | philosophy of language | pragmatic theory | speech act

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.