Book contents
- The Cambridge Heidegger Lexicon
- Series page
- The Cambridge Heidegger Lexicon
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Using the Lexicon
- Chronology of Martin Heidegger
- Abbreviations for Heidegger’s Works
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- 121. Language (Sprache)
- 122. Leap (Springen)
- 123. Leveling (Einebnen and Nivellieren)
- 124. Life (Leben)
- 125. Lingering (Weilen)
- 126. Lived Body (Leib)
- 127. Lived Experience (Erlebnis)
- 128. Logic (Logik)
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- German–English Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
121. - Language (Sprache)
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 April 2021
- The Cambridge Heidegger Lexicon
- Series page
- The Cambridge Heidegger Lexicon
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Using the Lexicon
- Chronology of Martin Heidegger
- Abbreviations for Heidegger’s Works
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- 121. Language (Sprache)
- 122. Leap (Springen)
- 123. Leveling (Einebnen and Nivellieren)
- 124. Life (Leben)
- 125. Lingering (Weilen)
- 126. Lived Body (Leib)
- 127. Lived Experience (Erlebnis)
- 128. Logic (Logik)
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- German–English Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Language is the structure of meaning that correlates with the structure of being. As Heidegger puts it in his later work, language is “saying as showing” – a showing that is disclosive of and responsiveto being and that lets entities appear. Human beings dwell within the disclosure of language and speak by being at home with this structure or by “listening” to this disclosure.
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- The Cambridge Heidegger Lexicon , pp. 447 - 453Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021