TWO NON-LANGUAGES: THE WOODEN LANGUAGE AND THE SILKEN LANGUAGE Cover Image

DEUX NON-LANGUES : LA LANGUE DE BOIS ET LA LANGUE DE COTON
TWO NON-LANGUAGES: THE WOODEN LANGUAGE AND THE SILKEN LANGUAGE

Author(s): Adriana Sferle
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Foreign languages learning, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, Philology, Translation Studies, Theory of Literature
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: non-language; the wooden language; the silken language; creativity;

Summary/Abstract: Two Non-languages: The Wooden Language and the Silken Language. The wooden language and the silken language are both opposed to an «authentic» language, which is at the same time simple in its form, varied in its vocabulary, precise in its content and sincere in its intention. This paper aims at presenting the mechanisms of these two languages, the contexts in which they operate and the relationships established between these two content-free «languages» ("non-languages") and creativity.

  • Issue Year: 64/2019
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 101-108
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: French