Mimologics
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Do words-their sounds and shapes, their lengths and patterns-imitate the world? Mimology says they do. First argued in Plato's Cratylus more than two thousand years ago, mimology has left an important mark in virtually every major art and artistic theory thereafter. Fascinating and many-faceted, mimology is the basis of language sciences and incites occasional hilarity. Its complicated traditions require a sure grip but a light touch. One of the few...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0803270445
ISBN13:9780803270442
Release Date:June 1995
Publisher:University of Nebraska Press
Length:446 Pages
Weight:1.75 lbs.
Dimensions:1.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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