Dictionary of the Language Sciences - Oswald Ducrot and Tzvetan Todorov

"Dictionary of the Language Sciences" by Oswald Ducrot and Tzvetan Todorov Dom Quixote Publications 446 Pages The Dictionary of the Language Sciences, by Oswald Ducrot and Tzvetan Todorov, remains today, nearly twenty years after its original publication, an essential reference work in the complex domain of a discipline—linguistics—that increasingly reveals itself as foundational to all human sciences. «A masterpiece of organization, as one French critic noted, the Dictionary of the Language Sciences presents 57 entries, within which approximately 800 definitions can be found, easily located through the final indexes. In terms of content, the reader will find throughout four major sections all the knowledge relevant to the subject: schools (from the seventeenth century to Chomsky), domains (including psycho- and sociolinguistics), methodological concepts (from the sign to literary genres), and descriptive concepts (from the simplest—one units are meaningful—to the most complex—language and action). A fundamental work for Portuguese students and scholars. GOOD CONDITION - FREE SHIPPING