The dialectic of language and perception

pp. 298-322

in: Donn Welton, The origins of meaning, Berlin, Springer, 1983

Abstract

In this chapter we must take the first steps in the direction of what, until now, we have only foreshadowed. The possibility of clarification must be established by a study of the relationship between originary speaking and primary perception from a genetic standpoint. We will suggest, to put it in a word, that this relationship is dialectical.