Overview

Language is a universal means of human communication. It has an expressive structure that emotionally influences people. The book evaluates aesthetic aspects of language from ancient philosophers to philosophical and linguistic theories of the twentieth century. The focus of the book is to further develop the theories of W. Humboldt, B. Croce and K. Vossler. The book specifically evaluates language thinking theories of American linguists E. Sapir and B. L. Whorf. These theories are used as a base to create a modern concept of aesthetic aspects of language. The main purpose of the book is to expose the potential of beauty in languages. The book enables the reader to fully understand the aesthetics method and apply it to their native language and other foreign languages. The study offers new methods of the language's positive influence on human mentality. "Philosophy: Aesthetics and Language" will be engaging for all who read in Russian and study Philosophy, Psychology, Social Science, or Linguistics.