The Language Myth in Western Culture (Routledge Advances in Communication and Linguistic Theory)

by RoyHarris (Editor)

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  Paperback
  2013

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  The basic claim of this book is that for 2000 years and more the western tradition has relied on two very dubious assumptions about human communication: that each national language is a unique code and that linguistic communication consists in the utilization of such codes to transfer messages from mind to mind.