Philosophies of language in the fictions of Jorge Luis Borges

Seargeant, Philip (2009). Philosophies of language in the fictions of Jorge Luis Borges. Philosophy and Literature, 33(2) pp. 386–401.

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Abstract

Ideas about language are a major theme in many of the writings of Jorge Luis Borges, and the way in which language is conceptualized within his fiction plays an important role in the philosophical speculations of his narratives. Analyzing both the implicit linguistic assumptions upon which certain narratives are built, as well as the metalinguistic explication of imaginary languages that occur in these stories, this article examines the ways in which Borges’s philosophy of language contributes to his representation of the paradoxical nature of human experience.

Item Type:	Journal Item
Copyright Holders:	2009, The Johns Hopkins University Press
ISSN:	0190-0013
Keywords:	Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986 ; Language and languages ; Philosophy.
Academic Unit/School:	Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) > Languages and Applied Linguistics Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS)
Research Group:	Centre for Research in Education and Educational Technology (CREET) Language & Literacies
Item ID:	18015
Depositing User:	Philip Seargeant
Date Deposited:	02 Oct 2009 10:36
Last Modified:	04 Oct 2016 10:27
URI:	http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/18015
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