Whately's philosophy of language
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[1] University of Maine
University of Maine
Town of Orono, Estados Unidos
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- Localización: Southern communication journal, ISSN 1041-794X, Vol. 53, nº 3, 1987, págs. 211-226
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
The purpose of this essay is to elucidate Whately's philosophy of language and thereby counteract the conclusion that his treatment of Style in the Rhetoric is devoid of any theoretical underpinning. Special attention is given to Whately's observations on the relationship between language and thought, language and reality, and language and meaning. His comments on the necessity of language for thought, his nominalistic account of language's relation to reality, and his contextualist approach to meaning interact to substantiate the claim that his stylistic advice in the Rhetoric is anything but a casual or indifferent treatment of the subject.
