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Publication details [#9926]

Wegener, P. 1885. Untersuchungen über die Grundfragen des Sprachlebens. M. Niemeyer.. viii + 208 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
German

Annotation

The first part is concerned with the 'life' of language, more particularly with the development of the system of language (in the child and more generally in mankind); the major view is that language evolves out of the need of a means for expression and communication. The second part is concerned with the question of how we understand language, and leads to the development of one of the first theories of linguistic action.