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Charles-de-Koninck Building, Université Laval, 1030, Avenue des Sciences-Humaines, Québec, QC
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The Word and Its Ways in English: Essays on the Parts of Speech and Person will launch at Université Laval on October 24. The event will be held on the 3rd floor of the Charles-de-Koninck Building in Hall Émile-Nelligan.
Inspired by the work of the French linguist Gustave Guillaume and the last in a series of books, The Word and Its Ways in English is a study of the way the word is configured in English, and an attempt to discern its nature. Walter Hirtle presents the word as the smallest element of meaning in the brain. He also explores how thoughts in the mind of a speaker become a succession of spoken words that are translated back into meaning in the mind of a listener.
Walter Hirtle (1927-2016) was professor of linguistics at Université Laval and the author of Language in the Mind and Making Sense out of Meaning. The launch is organized by Patrick Duffley.