Language in the Mind
An Introduction to Guillaume's Theory| By: | Walter Hirtle |
| Publisher: | ACP - McGill Queen's University Press |
| Print ISBN: | 9780773532632 |
| eText ISBN: | 9780773560413 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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Guillaume sees the word as the link between language as potential and as actual discourse. Meaning is both the representation of the speaker's momentary experience and the determining factor in the the word's use in discourse. Walter Hirtle illustrates Guillaume's general principles with examples drawn from contemporary English grammar and uses comparisons with other approaches, especially cognitive linguistics, to situate Guillaume’s distinctive view of language as essentially a mental phenomenon.