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- Title
The uses of nonsense. Ludwig Wittgenstein reads Lewis Carroll.
- Authors
Wagner, David
- Abstract
The article offers the author's insights on the nonsense literature works and writing techniques of English author Charles Ludwidge Dodgson who is better known as Lewis Carroll. The author mentions that the games of grammar style of Carroll has a striking resemblance to the techniques used by philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein in trying to avoid philosophers from their tendency to fall prey to surface grammar. The author explores the question on why grammatical joke like philosophy, which the author relates to the novel of Carroll entitled "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."
- Subjects
CARROLL, Lewis, 1832-1898; NONSENSE literature; WITTGENSTEIN, Ludwig, 1889-1951; SURFACE structure (Linguistics); COMPARATIVE grammar; ALICE'S Adventures in Wonderland (Book : Carroll); PHILOSOPHERS; PHILOSOPHY &; humor; PHILOSOPHY &; literature
- Publication
Wittgenstein Studien. Neue Folge, 2012, Vol 3, Issue 1, p205
- ISSN
1868-7431
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/wgst.2012.205