Abstract

The author of the article presents Berkeley's theory of emotive language as seen in his book Alchiphron or the Minute Philosophy. Through the presentation of Berkeley's book the author tries to present her own interpretation of the emotive language theory and thus descend from the strict metaphysical framework to the grounds of linguistics and religion. By connecting the fields that seem extremely separate from each other, the author endeavours for a sort of re-actualization of the Berkeleyan theory of language. Her approach in this experiment is very interesting, for she begins with the description of general Berkeleyan metaphysical notions and finally moves to the presentation of a modern example of emotive language, which she recognizes in a movie. Thus the author expands the borders of Berkeleyan language of God and in this way gives a conceptual redefinition of it