Learning from language symmetry, asymmetry, and literary humanism /

Beale, Walter H.

Learning from language symmetry, asymmetry, and literary humanism / [Texte imprimé] : Walter H. Beale - Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, cop. 2009 - 1 vol. (IX-196 p.) : couv. ill. ; 23 cm - Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture . - Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture (University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh) .

Bibliogr. p. 183-190

Symmetry, asymmetry, and literary humanism -- Two famous asymmetrists -- Six claims of symmetry -- Reading the world: structural analogy -- Creating the world: the performative principle -- Naming and renaming the world -- Figuring (out) the world: tropes and tropology -- Style and virtue -- Conclusion: the love of words

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English language--Rhetoric Symmetry in literature Language and languages--Philosophy

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