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Language and the Distortion of Meaning

Contributor(s): Degramont, Patrick (Author)

ISBN: 9780814718445

Publisher: New York University Press

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Pub Date: April 1, 1992

Dewey: 401.43

LCCN: 89014407

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.90" H x 8.99" L x 6.00" W ( 1.07 lbs) 304 pages

Series: Psychoanalytic Crosscurrents

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Description:

Patrick de Gramont draws upon evidence from infant observaton and linguistics as well as from information theory in order to make two related points. First, he demonstrates how our prevailing theories of meaning have failed to account for how we distort meaning.

Brief description: Patrick De Gramont, born is Paris and raisded in the United Sates, has worked in a variety of clinical settings wot both children and adults in New York City since 1973.

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"This is a fascinating book. David Gerber carefully analyzes the letter itself to focus on the development of individual identities in the face of migration."
-Jon Gjerde, author of "The Minds of the West: The Ethnocultural Evolution of the Rural Middle West, 1830-1917"

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