Sprachtheorie. Die Darstellungsfunktion der Sprache
Stuttgart: Gustav Fischer, 1965. Second edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XXXIV, 434pp. Original printed wrappers over cloth with gold lettering on front cover and spine. Printer's device on title-page. Fascinating work on the theory and representational function of language written by one of the most renown German linguists of the 20th century. The representational function of language refers to the relation between the linguistic sign and the object or state of affairs that it represents as a "symbol." Minor age-wear on wrappers with tiny closed tears on upper front joint and head of spine. Slight discoloration on spine. Text in German. Wrappers in overall good+, binding and interior in very good condition. vg. Item #27957
About the author: Karl Ludwig Bühler (May 27, 1879, Meckesheim - October 24, 1963, Los Angeles) was a German psychologist and Linguist. In psychology he is known for his work in gestalt psychology, and he was one of the founders of the Würzburg tradition of Psychology. In linguistics he is known for his Organon model of communication and his treatment of deixis as a linguistic phenomenon. He was the dissertation advisor of Karl Popper. His wife was the well-known Jewish psychologist de:Charlotte Bühler (From Wikipedia).
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