TY - BOOK AU - Friedrich,Paul TI - The language parallax: linguistic relativism and poetic indeterminacy SN - 0292746504 : AV - P35 .F72 1986 U1 - 306/.4 19 PY - 1986/// CY - Austin PB - University of Texas Press KW - Sapir-Whorf hypothesis KW - Poetry KW - Language and languages KW - Philosophy KW - Poésie KW - ram KW - Langues KW - Philosophie KW - Lenguas KW - Filosofía KW - Sapir-Whorf, Hypothèse de KW - Langage et langues KW - Taalfilosofie KW - gtt KW - Relativisme N1 - Includes indexes; Bibliography: p. [161]-180 N2 - Argues that the "locus and focus" of differences among languages lies not so much in practical or rational aspects as in the complexity and richness of more poetic dimensions--in the nuances of words, or the style and voice of an author. This poetic reformulation of what has been called "linguistic relativism" is grounded in the author's theory of the imagination as a main source of poetic indeterminacy and, ultimately, disorder and chaos UR - http://www.archive.org/details/languageparallax00frie UR - http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL2534350M ER -