The seventh function of language
First American edition.
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Author
Contributions
- Taylor, Sam, 1970- translator - Contributor
Publication
2017 - Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
89,750 words, Guess
Page Count
359 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveseventhfunctiono0000bine
- ISBN-100374261563
- ISBN-139780374261566
- Library of Congress Control Number2016050811
- OCLC Control Number957022065
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780374261566
- Open LibraryOL26925906M
Classifications
- DDC843/.92
- LCCPQ2702.I57 S4713 2017
- LCCPQ2702.I57S4713 2017
Alternate Titles
- 7th function of language
Description
The suspicious death of literary critic Roland Barthes in 1980 Paris reveals the secret history of the French intelligentsia, plunging a hapless police detective into the depths of literary theory as it was documented in a famed linguist's lost manuscript.
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