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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458730803321

Titolo

Hard-science linguistics [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Victor H. Yngve and Zdzisław Wąsik

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Continuum, c2004

ISBN

1-281-29202-8

9786611292027

1-84714-088-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (397 p.)

Collana

Open Linguistics

Altri autori (Persone)

YngveVictor H. <1920->

WąsikZdzisław

Disciplina

410/.1

Soggetti

Linguistics - Methodology

Linguistics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Introduction; PART I: ORIENTATION TO HARD-SCIENCE LINGUISTICS; PART II: RECONSTITUTING PHONETICS-PHONOLOGY; PART III: IN SEARCH OF CONTEXT; PART IV: VARIATIONAL AND HISTORICAL LINGUSTICS; PART V: SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES; PART VI: PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS; PART VII: DISCIPLINARY CONSIDERATIONS; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The impossibility of testing the depth hypothesis of 1960 of a connection between the complexities of grammar and a limited human temporary memory led to questioning the ancient grammatical foundations of linguistics and to developing standard hard-science foundations. This volume is the first detailed report on how to reconstitute linguistics on the new hard-science foundation laid by Victor H. Yngve in 1996.Hard-science (human) linguistics is the scientific study of how people communicate. It studies people and also communicative energy flow and other relevant parts of the physical environme