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Wir sind gerne für Sie daThis book examines the seemingly universal notion of a grammatical cosmos. Individual essays discuss how many of the great civilizations provide cognitive maps that emerge from a metaphysical linguistics in which sounds, syllables and other signs form the constructive elements of reality. The essays address cross-cultural issues such as: Why does grammar serve as a template in these cultures? How are such templates culturally contoured? To what end are they applied — i.e., what can one do with grammar —, and how does it work upon the world? The book is divided into three sections that deal with the metaphysics of linguistic creation; practices of encoding and decoding as a means of deciphering reality; and language in the widest sense as a medium for self- and cultural transformation. Contributors include: Jan Assman, Sara Sviri, Michael Stone, M. Finkelberg, Yigal Bronner, Martin Kern, Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony, Dan Martin, Jonathan Garb, Tom Hunter, David Shulman, and Sergio La Porta.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9789004158108
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-90-04-15810-8
- Verlag: Brill
- Erscheinungstermin: 29.08.2007
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: Erscheinungsjahr 2007
- Serie: Jerusalem Studies in Religion and Culture
- Produktform: Gebunden
- Gewicht: 839 g
- Seiten: 378
- Format (B x H x T): 167 x 245 x 27 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt