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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824286603321

Autore

Davis Hayley G

Titolo

Rethinking linguistics / / edited by Hayley G. Davis and Talbot J. Taylor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003

ISBN

1-135-78863-4

1-138-86835-3

1-135-78864-2

1-280-02573-5

0-203-22053-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

ix, 191 p

Collana

Communication and linguistic theory

Classificazione

17.03

Altri autori (Persone)

TaylorTalbot J

Disciplina

410/.1

Soggetti

Linguistics - Philosophy

Linguistics - Methodology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: why rethink linguistics? / Hayley G. Davis -- On redefining linguistics / Roy Harris -- Rethinking the fundamental assumption of linguistics / Nigel Love -- Language constructing language: the implications of reflexivity for linguistic theory / Talbot J. Taylor -- Rethinking language acquisition: what the child learns / Talbot J. Taylor, Stuart Shanker -- Nagarjuna, Heracleitus and the problem of language / Roy Harris.

Sommario/riassunto

This book deals with the need to rethink the aims and methods of contemporary linguistics. Orthodox linguists' discussions of linguistic form fail to exemplify how language users become language makers. Integrationist theory is used here as a solution to this basic problem within general linguistics. The book is aimed at an interdisciplinary readership, comprising those engaged in study, teaching and research in the humanities and social sciences, including linguistics, philosophy, sociology and psychology.