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Author Gorlée, Dinda L.

Title Wittgenstein in translation : exploring semiotic signatures / Dinda L. Gorlée.

Publication Info. Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2012]
©2012

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Description 1 online resource (x, 361 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Semiotics, communication and cognition ; 9
Semiotics, communication and cognition ; 9.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 1 Facts and factors; 1.1 Preface; 1.2 Acknowledgments and beyond; 2 Building a semiotic bridge; 2.1 Semiotics and translation; 2.2 Wittgenstein's semiotized sources; 2.3 Facts and transformations; 2.4 Leading principles of semiotics; 2.5 Language and metalanguage; 3 Fragmentary discourse; 3.1 Criss-crossing across Wittgenstein's discourse; 3.2 Vision and revisions; 3.3 Art-science myth-making; 3.4 Translation of fragmentary mosaics; 3.5 Fragments and whole; 3.6 Bricolage, paraphrase, manuscript; 4 Turning words into deeds; 4.1 Plato; 4.2 Saint Augustine; 4.3 On the Trinity.
Summary The volume reveals the depths of Wittgenstein's soul-searching writings - his "new" philosophy - by concentrating on fragments in ordinary language and using few technical terms. It 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 t.
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Subject Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951 -- Language.
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.
Translating and interpreting -- Philosophy.
Translating and interpreting -- Philosophy.
Semiotics and literature.
Semiotics and literature.
Intertextuality.
Intertextuality.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Gorlée, Dinda L. Wittgenstein in translation. Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, ©2012 9781614511441 (DLC) 2012010115 (OCoLC)780398319
ISBN 9781614511137 (electronic book)
1614511136 (electronic book)
9781614511441
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