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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463348603321

Autore

Davis Hayley G.

Titolo

Words : an integrational approach / / Hayley G. Davis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-315-02851-4

1-136-84433-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (231 p.)

Collana

Routledge Advances in Communication and Linguistic Theory

Disciplina

410.1

Soggetti

Word (Linguistics)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First Published in 2001 by Curzon Press Richmond, Surrey"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; WORDS: An Integrational Approach; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Orientation: The Word of Linguistic Theory; 2 Methodology: The Word of the Layperson; 3 What do Lay Speakers Say About Words?; 4 Words and Linguistic Meaning; 5 Parts of Speech and Grammar; 6 Folk Characteristics of Words; 7 Reorientation: the Integration of Speech and Writing; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Aims to reorient the study of language by taking into serious consideration the perspective on linguistic matters taken by lay speakers themselves, as a response to the now inescapable conclusion that traditional linguistic theory, with its focus on revealing 'the facts of language in general', cannot handle the necessary indeterminacy of what is said and understood.