The language parallax
Subtitle: linguistic relativism and poetic indeterminacy
By: by Paul Friedrich
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Texas linguistics series
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.; Poetry.; Language and languages -- Philosophy.
Description: Argues that the "locus and focus" of differences among languages lies not so much in practical or rational aspects as in the complexity and richness of more poetic dimensions--in the nuances of words, or the style and voice of an author. This poetic reformulation of what has been called "linguistic relativism" is grounded in the author's theory of the imagination as a main source of poetic indeterminacy and, ultimately, disorder and chaos.
Notes: Includes indexes.

Bibliography: p. [161]-180.