Language Typology and Syntactic Description

Thefoundingtextofmodernhermeneutics.WrittenbythephilosopherandtheologianFriedrichSchleiermacherasamethodfortheinterpretationandtextualcriticismoftheNewTestament,itdevelopsideasaboutlanguageandtheinterpretationoftextsthatareinmanyrespectsstillunsurpassedandarebecomingcurrentinthecontemporaryphilosophyoflanguage.ContrarytothetraditionalviewofSchleiermacherasatheoristofempatheticinterpretation,inthistextheoffersaviewofunderstandingthatacknowledgesboththestructurallyandhistoricallydeterminedaspectsoflanguageandtheneedtotakeaccountoftheactivityoftheindividualsubjectintheconstitutionofmeaning.ThisvolumeoffersthetextinanewtranslationbyAndrewBowie,togetherwithrelatedwritingsonsecularhermeneuticsandonlanguage,andanintroductionthatplacesthetextsinthecontextofSchleiermacher'sphilosophyasawhole.