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Wittgenstein in Translation: Exploring Semiotic Signatures

By Dinda L. Gorlée

Book information

Publisher
De Gruyter Mouton
Year
2012
ISBN
9781614511137, 9781614511441
DOI
10.1515/9781614511137
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1566836 bytes)
Series
Semiotics, Communication and Cognition [SCC]; 9
Pages
368\372
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-07-29 15:49:57

Description

Apart from the Tractatus, Wittgenstein did not write whole manuscripts, but composed short fragments. The current volume reveals the depths of Wittgenstein's soul-searching writings - his "new" philosophy - by concentrating on ordinary language and using few technical terms. In so doing, Wittgenstein is finally given the accolade of a neglected figure in the history of semiotics. The volume 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 ideal of a terminological coherence.

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