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" I have but one language?yet that language is not mine." This book intertwines theoretical reflection with historical and cultural particularity to enunciate, then analyze this conundrum in terms of the distinguished author's own relationship to the French language. Its argument touches on several issues relevant to the current debates on multiculturalism.
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The monolingualism of the other : the prosthesis of origin, Jacques Derrida, Patrick Mensah
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- Title
- The monolingualism of the other : the prosthesis of origin
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jacques Derrida, Patrick Mensah
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Released
- 1996
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 112
- ISBN10
- 0804732892
- ISBN13
- 9780804732895
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Philosophical Topics, Philosophy, France, Languages, Linguistics, Scientific Theories
- Rating
- 3.9 out of 5
- Description
- " I have but one language?yet that language is not mine." This book intertwines theoretical reflection with historical and cultural particularity to enunciate, then analyze this conundrum in terms of the distinguished author's own relationship to the French language. Its argument touches on several issues relevant to the current debates on multiculturalism.