The Way to Language
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"The Way to Language" is a philosophical essay by Martin Heidegger that explores the nature of language as the medium through which being and thought are disclosed.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Unterwegs zur Sprache | 2 |
| The Way to Language canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8058113 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Way to Language Context triple: [Poetry, Language, Thought, hasEssay, The Way to Language]
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A.
The Development of Language
The Development of Language is a widely used textbook in psycholinguistics and language acquisition that explores how children learn and develop language from infancy through later childhood.
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B.
The Prison-House of Language
The Prison-House of Language is a critical study by Fredric Jameson that examines structuralism and post-structuralism, exploring how language systems constrain thought and interpretation in modern literary theory.
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C.
Goodbye to Language
Goodbye to Language is a 2014 experimental 3D film by French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard that explores fractured communication, perception, and the limits of cinema through a fragmented, essay-like narrative.
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D.
Treatise on the Origin of Language
Treatise on the Origin of Language is an influential 18th-century philosophical work that explores the natural, cultural, and historical origins of human language.
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E.
On the Origin of Language
On the Origin of Language is a 19th-century work by philologist Hensleigh Wedgwood that explores the origins and development of human speech and linguistic forms.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Way to Language Target entity description: "The Way to Language" is a philosophical essay by Martin Heidegger that explores the nature of language as the medium through which being and thought are disclosed.
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A.
The Development of Language
The Development of Language is a widely used textbook in psycholinguistics and language acquisition that explores how children learn and develop language from infancy through later childhood.
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B.
The Prison-House of Language
The Prison-House of Language is a critical study by Fredric Jameson that examines structuralism and post-structuralism, exploring how language systems constrain thought and interpretation in modern literary theory.
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C.
Goodbye to Language
Goodbye to Language is a 2014 experimental 3D film by French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard that explores fractured communication, perception, and the limits of cinema through a fragmented, essay-like narrative.
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D.
Treatise on the Origin of Language
Treatise on the Origin of Language is an influential 18th-century philosophical work that explores the natural, cultural, and historical origins of human language.
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E.
On the Origin of Language
On the Origin of Language is a 19th-century work by philologist Hensleigh Wedgwood that explores the origins and development of human speech and linguistic forms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
philosophical essay
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work on philosophy of language ⓘ |
| addresses |
critique of instrumental conceptions of language
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distinction between saying and speaking ⓘ question of how language speaks ⓘ relation between poetry and thinking ⓘ |
| author | Martin Heidegger ⓘ |
| centralClaim |
humans do not simply use language; they dwell in it
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language is the medium through which Being and thought are disclosed ⓘ language itself speaks rather than being merely spoken by humans ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| explores |
difference between language as tool and language as event
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how Being is disclosed in language ⓘ limits of representational views of language ⓘ listening as fundamental to language ⓘ primacy of saying over speaking about ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
language as medium of thought
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relation between speaking and thinking ⓘ speech and saying ⓘ the event of language ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept |
Ereignis (event of appropriation)
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Sage (saying) ⓘ difference between language and human speech ⓘ language as the clearing for Being ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary continental philosophy of language
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hermeneutic theory of language ⓘ post-structuralist thought on language ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Edmund Husserl
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Friedrich Hölderlin ⓘ German idealism ⓘ pre-Socratic philosophy ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
disclosure of Being through language
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language as the house of Being ⓘ nature of language ⓘ relation between language and Being ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Unterwegs zur Sprache
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linked to:
The Way to Language
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| philosophicalSchool |
hermeneutic phenomenology
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phenomenology ⓘ |
| philosophicalSubject |
hermeneutics
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metaphysics ⓘ ontology ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | continental philosophy ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Being and Time
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Letter on Humanism ⓘ On the Way to Language ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: The Way to Language Description of subject: "The Way to Language" is a philosophical essay by Martin Heidegger that explores the nature of language as the medium through which being and thought are disclosed.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Way to Language
linked to: The Way to Language