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100	1		_aTaylor, Charles, _d1931-
245	1	4	_aThe language animal : _bthe full shape of the human linguistic capacity /
260			_aCambridge : _bThe Belknap Press, _c2016.
300			_ax;352p.; _c6.5x9.5 _bhb
365			_b$35.00
520			_a"In this book, Charles Taylor explains linguistic holism to people who believe language needs to be thought of as bits of information. According to one influential view of language, one that originated with Hobbes, Locke, and Condillac, language serves to encode information and to communicate it. This theory has been rendered more sophisticated over the last two centuries, but it still gives a central place to the encoding of information. The thesis of Taylor's new book is that this view neglects crucial features of our language capacity. Sometimes language serves not just to encode information, but also shapes what it purports to describe. This language is more than merely 'descriptive;' it plays a 'constitutive' role."--Provided by publisher.
650		0	_aLanguage and languages _xPhilosophy.
650		0	_aLinguistics _xPhilosophy.
650		0	_aCognition.
650		7	_aCognition.
650		7	_aLanguage and languages _xPhilosophy.
650		7	_aLinguistics _xPhilosophy.
942			_cBK