Beyond Superstructuralism

Covers "post-Chomskyan" linguistics and Derrida, and develops a new syntagmatic theory opposing analytic and speech-act views of language. By presenting a systematic critique and counter-proposal, Harland challenges the very foundation of recent literary and language-based theory.

RICHARD HARLAND is Senior Fellow on the English Program at the University of Wollongong, Australia.

Preface, PART I The limits of Superstructuralism, PART II A theory of the syntagm, PART III Syntagmatic theory and philosophy, PART IV Syntagmatic theory and linguistics, PART V Syntagmatic theory and literature, PART VI Syntagmatic theory and textual interpretation, Conclusion, Notes, Bibliography, Index