The Language Animal by Charles Taylor
The Full Shape of the Human Linguistic Capacity
A philosophical exploration arguing that language is not merely a tool for labeling or transmitting information but a constitutive, world-disclosing practice that shapes thought, self-understanding, moral life, and social relations. It challenges reductive, designative models and advances an expressivist, articulatory view that highlights the roles of metaphor, narrative, and performative speech. By showing how our linguisticality underpins agency and shared imaginaries while allowing for cross-linguistic diversity without strict determinism, it reframes what it means to be human as language-formed beings.
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- Published
- 2016
- Nationality
- Canadian
- Length
- Moderate
- Pages
- 360-370
- Original Language
- English
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