| The Poetics of Grammar and the Metaphysics of Sound and Sign Contributor(s): La Porta, Sergio, Shulman |
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ISBN: 9004158103 ISBN-13: 9789004158108 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $213.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2007 Annotation: Recognizing the seemingly universal notion of a grammatical cosmos, this volume addresses the question of how grammar and culturally encoded sounds and signs provide cognitive maps of reality in a variety of great civilizations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | History |
| Dewey: 415.01 |
| Series: Jerusalem Studies in Religion and Culture |
| Physical Information: 1.08" H x 6.59" W x 9.63" (1.85 lbs) 375 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book examines the seemingly universal notion of a grammatical cosmos. Individual essays discuss how many of the great civilizations provide cognitive maps that emerge from a metaphysical linguistics in which sounds, syllables and other signs form the constructive elements of reality. The essays address cross-cultural issues such as: Why does grammar serve as a template in these cultures? How are such templates culturally contoured? To what end are they applied -- i.e., what can one do with grammar --, and how does it work upon the world? The book is divided into three sections that deal with the metaphysics of linguistic creation; practices of encoding and decoding as a means of deciphering reality; and language in the widest sense as a medium for self- and cultural transformation. Contributors include: Jan Assman, Sara Sviri, Michael Stone, M. Finkelberg, Yigal Bronner, Martin Kern, Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony, Dan Martin, Jonathan Garb, Tom Hunter, David Shulman, and Sergio La Porta. |