Language and Meaning in the Age of Modernism

C.K. Ogden and His Contemporaries

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

AvJames McElvenny,University of Siegen) McElvenny, James (Researcher,James Mcelvenny

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Explores the origins of key concepts in semantics and semioticsThis book explores the influential currents in the philosophy of language and linguistics of the first half of the twentieth century, from the perspective of the English scholar C. K. Ogden (1889 1957). Ogden was connected to several of the most significant figures of the modernist period, including Bertrand Russell, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Victoria Lady Welby, Otto Neurath and Rudolf Carnap. In investigating these connections, this book reveals links between early analytic philosophy, semiotics and linguistics in a crucial period of their respective histories and in turn sheds light on the intellectual history of the early twentieth century.Readers are introduced to the important interaction between Ogden's thought and Victoria Lady Welby's 'significs', Bertrand Russell and Ludwig Wittgenstein's 'logical atomism' in its various forms, and the philosophy and political activism of Otto Neurath and Rudolf Carnap of the Vienna Circle. McElvenny also examines the background to the ideas espoused in Ogden's book 'The Meaning of Meaning', co-authored with I. A. Richards, along with the application of these ideas in Ogden's international language project 'Basic English'.Provides a detailed study of the historical origin of key concepts in semantics and semiotics Reveals links between early analytic philosophy, semiotics and linguistics in a crucial period of their respective histories Makes extensive use of previously unexplored sources, including Ogden's articles in the journal 'Psyche' and unpublished correspondenceIncludes a detailed examination of 'The Meaning of Meaning', 1923 and 'Basic English', 1930

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Utgivningsdatum2018-02-16
Mått156 x 234 x 19 mm
Vikt427 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor200
FörlagEdinburgh University Press
ISBN9781474425032

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Acknowledgements1. Introduction2. The Meaning of MeaningI. The many functions of languageII. Definition and the canons of symbolismIII. Logical atomism and its alliesIV. The trigonometry of referenceV. Significs and sympathisersVI. Antagonism and synthesisVII. Philologists, psychologists and anthropologists3. Basic EnglishI. The Enlightenment and modernityII. Peace and progressIII. The common solutionIV. Basic English and the common solutionV. Panoptic conjugationVI. Grammatical reformVII. Bentham and beyondVIII. Totalitarianism and Newspeak4. Ogden and the Vienna CircleI. The Viennese sceneII. The everyday versus metaphysicsIII. International picture languageIV. Contact and collaborationV. Totalitarianism revisited5. EpilogueI. LinguisticsII. Natural Semantic MetalanguageBibliography

This work meets the highest standards of scholarship by any measure. It is masterly in combining succint and broad-ranging coverage. Without exception, the topics treated are carefully reasoned and clearly expressed in every detail. The writing is lively and engaging, infected in places, one ventures to guess, by Ogden’s whimsical approach to style… Ogden allows McElvenny to work with a fine brush and create an overview of intellectual history in the 20th century, integrated to a degree that is all too rarely seen... The breadth and depth of McElvenny’s impeccable work more than earns him the right to title his book Language and Meaning in the Age of Modernism.