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University of Calcutta. Journal of the Department of Letters

1939

The first three parts of the present essay discuss the various problems in which the students of language are interested mention the outstanding researches in the cl(Tmain of psychology and present in short outline the points of view of. [...] Influence of the Unconscious In view of the overwhelming evidence adduced by modern psychology in favour of a dynamic conception of mind it is but"LANGUAGE AND MEANING 9 natural to expect that the influence of the unconscious the working of the ego or the satisfaction of the libido will be discernible in the expressed language of human beings. [...] The Veddahs of Ceylon to repeat Wundt's example speak the languages of the Singhalese and Tamils and the Pygmies of South Africa have appropriated the language of the Negro races. [...] The doctrine of Wittgenstein emphasises (1) the recognition of the importance of logical structure (2) the exclusion of the logical structure from itself being the subject-matter of statements and (3) the verifiability in experience as a necessary criterion of the sense of statements. [...] Verification in science being of an entire system of statements the terms the forms the derivatives of the terms and the syntax of the sentences are the whole logic of the science.
humanities general
Pages
408
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120022
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-iv unknown view
Language and Meaning
1-62 S. K. Bose view
The Rhythm of Bengali Prose and Prose-Verse
1-79 Amulyadhan Mukhopadhyay view
The Bunas of Bengal
1-xxiii Minendra Basu view
The Ancient Hindu Law of Pledges and Bailments
1-120 Niranjan Roy view

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