Language in the Mind

An Introduction to Guillaume's Theory

• Author(s): Walter Hirtle,
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
• Pages: 288
• ISBN_10: 0773560416
  ISBN_13: 9780773560413
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines / Grammar & Punctuation , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Psycholinguistics / General , LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax ,

Description:... Guillaume sees the word as the link between language as potential and as actual discourse. Meaning is both the representation of the speaker's momentary experience and the determining factor in the the word's use in discourse. Walter Hirtle illustrates Guillaume's general principles with examples drawn from contemporary English grammar and uses comparisons with other approaches, especially cognitive linguistics, to situate Guillaume’s distinctive view of language as essentially a mental phenomenon.