Wittgenstein in translation
Subtitle: exploring semiotic signatures
By: by Dinda L. Gorlée
Series: Semiotics, communication and cognition -- 9
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Berlin; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 361
ISBN-13: 9781614511441
Subjects: Translating and interpreting; Intertextuality; Philosophy; Semiotics and literature; Language
Description: "The volume reveals the depths of Wittgenstein's soul-searching writings - his "new" philosophy - by concentrating on fragments in ordinary language and using few technical terms. It applies Wittgenstein's methodological tools to the study of multilingual dialogue in philosophy, linguistics, theology, anthropology and literature. Translation shows how the translator's signatures are in conflict with personal or stylistic choices in linguistic form, but also in cultural content. This volume undertakes the "impossible task" of uncovering the reasoning of Wittgenstein's translated texts in order to construct, rather than paraphrase, the idea of a terminological coherence."--Page [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.