Publications

Publication details [#6462]

Malinowski, Bronislaw. 1923. The problem of meaning in primitive languages. In Ogden, C.K. and I.A. Richards. The meaning of meaning: A study of the influence of language upon thought and of the science of symbolism. Routledge and Kegan Paul. pp. 296–336.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

ethnography | meaning | primitive language

Person as a subject

Ogden, C.K. | Richards, I.A.

Annotation

An attempt to show why a science of symbolism and meaning as developed by C.K.Ogden and I.A.Richards is necessary from the perspective of the ethnographer's difficulties in dealing with primitive languages. M. illustrates, through the analysis of utterances and speech situations among 'savages', the problems that arise and the solutions that might be appropriate.

Reprints

Laver, John and Sandy Hutcheson. 1972. Phatic communion. In Laver, John and Sandy Hutcheson, eds. Communication in face to face interaction: Selected readings. Penguin. pp. 146–152.