num_pages: 320
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Language Myth in Western Culture
titlecomplete: The Language Myth in Western Culture (Routledge Advances in Communication and Linguistic Theory)
genres: Linguistics
ratings_count: 9
series: Routledge Advances in Communication and Linguistic Theory
publisher: Routledge