Language vs. reality : why language is good for lawyers and bad for scientists

Author(s)

• Enfield, N. J.

Bibliographic Information

Language vs. reality : why language is good for lawyers and bad for scientists

N. J. Enfield

The MIT Press, c2022

• : hardcover

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-292) and index

Summary: "Argues that the primary function of language is not to describe the physical world but to manage the social one. Aimed at a general readership"-- Provided by publisher

Details

• NCID: BC1682149X
• ISBN:
  • 9780262046619
• LCCN: 2021010579
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 298 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : P95.54
  • DC23 : 401.9
  • DC23 : 401/.9
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Communication -- Social aspects
  • LCSH : Cognition
  • LCSH : Psycholinguistics
  • LCSH : Sociolinguistics