I Speak, Therefore I Am: Seventeen Thoughts about Language

by Andrea Moro

Book Overview

There are no men so dull and stupid, not even idiots, as to be incapable of joining together different words, and thereby constructing a declaration by which to make their thoughts understood.... On the other hand, there is no other animal, however perfect or happily circumstanced which can do the like.--Descartes

Language is more like a snowflake than a giraffe's neck. Its specific properties are determined by laws of nature, they have...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231177410
• ISBN13: 9780231177412
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 6.9"