An edition of The Key to Language: An essay on the meaning that exists prior to and independent of language
(2006)
The Key to Language
An essay on the meaning that exists prior to and independent of language
by Laurence Sherzer, Ph.D
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If you want to use language effectively you must first know what it is. The most common thought about language is that it is a set of words or symbols. We compare languages such as Swahili, Mandarin Chinese, English, French. We say they all have different words and different grammars. But what are their similarities, that is, what is language? This volume presents a unique answer to this question. It also offers unique answers to questions such as: What is meaning? Why do children learn their first language as quickly and as easily as they do? And more. This book is not an easy read but it will well reward anyone who makes the effort.
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language, linguistics, psychology, meaning, key, language acquisition, innateness, mentalese, communication, mind, animals, concept, abstract, semantics, experience, universal, grammar, philosophy, symbol, human understanding, objectifyShowing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?
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Table of Contents
PREFACE……………........................................ix
INTRODUCTION…………………………….xiii
CHAPTER ONE
FORERUNNERS………………….....................................1
CHAPTER TWO
ORDER: OUR LANGUAGE IS OUT OF ORDER……..8
CHAPTER THREE
MEANING: WHAT IT IS, WHERE IT COMES FROM,
HOW TO CREATE IT………………………….....11
CHAPTER FOUR
EXPERIENCE PRECEDES LANGUAGE: MEANING
THAT EXISTS PRIOR TO AND INDEPENDENT OF LANGUAGE. PHILOSOPHICAL IMPLICATIONS…..18
CHAPTER FIVE
THE REAL AND THE IMAGINARY: EXPERIENCE
AND CONSTRUCTS, THE REAL REFERENT OF “LANGUAGE”…………………………………………..33
CHAPTER SIX
WHAT IS LANGUAGE? WHAT IS IT THAT COMMUNICATES? DOES LANGUAGE BEGIN
WITH WORDS? THE FOUNDATION OF COMMUNICATION………………………….......44
CHAPTER SEVEN
LANGUAGE ACQUISITION: WHY DO CHILDREN
LEARN THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE AS QUICKLY
AND EASILY AS THEY DO? THE CRITICAL CONNECTION………………………………......60
CHAPTER EIGHT
MAN MADE AND NATURE MADE: THE CREATION
OF LANGUAGE AND THE USE OF LANGUAGE:
BI-DIRECTIONAL SEMANTICS…………………..74
CHAPTER NINE
DO WE NEED RULES? TWO WAYS TO DEFINE A
SET: RULES AND CONCEPTS: MUST THE CHILD
COUNT ISES?...……...………...………..............93
CHAPTER TEN
HOW LANGUAGE WORKS: THE DRIVING FORCE
IN THE CREATION OF OUR WORDS ………......106
CHAPTER ELEVEN
MIND DESIGN: WHAT HAPPENS BETWEEN
EXPERIENCE AND SYMBOLIZING…………….140
CHAPTER TWELVE
THE + SYNDROME: SYMBOLS WITHOUT
REFERENTS EQUALS ROTE: EXPERIENCE
BASED EDUCATION..……………………………….147
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
SAPIR AND WHORF: DISTINGUISHING THEIR EXPERIENTIAL LANGUAGE AND THEIR SYMBOL LANGUAGE…………………………………………..159
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
DO ANIMALS HAVE LANGUAGE? IF THEY HAD INTRASPECIFIC SYMBOL LANGUAGE WOULD
WE KNOW IT? STAGES OF LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT.................................................165
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
A VERIFIABLE THEORY……………………….........170
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
AS TO THE INNATENESS HYPOTHESIS…………..174
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
WHAT CHANGES WITH A NEW THEORY?.………178
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
THE ELEMENTS OF THE THEORY…………….......181
EPILOGUE…………………………………......191
GLOSSARY………………………………….…193
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY……………………198
NOTES AND REFERENCES …………………......202
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