Linguistic Theory

Author : Robert De Beaugrande
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 491 pages
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Release : 2014-02-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317900641

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In Linguistic Theory, Robert de Beaugrande analyses linguistic theories not as abstract ideas or theses, but as the process and product of theoretical discourse. He argues that the best documentation of this discourse can be found in the 'fundamental' works of major linguists from Ferdinand de Saussure to Teun van Dijk and Walter Kintsch. He therefore employs the highly unusual strategy of a close reading of these works as discourse performances and strives to uncover their main points and characteristic moves in the linguist's own words. Through this approach, the reader is able to appreciate and understand the variety and controversy among linguistic theories as they have emerged and developed in interaction with each other. Special scrutiny is allocated to the issue of how far the active practice of the linguists followed their own theories and proposals, and why. The author concludes by assessing the prospects for linguistics to be drawn from the retrospect in the previous chapters.

Author : Robert De Beaugrande
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317900658

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Linguistic Theory by Robert De Beaugrande Pdf

In Linguistic Theory, Robert de Beaugrande analyses linguistic theories not as abstract ideas or theses, but as the process and product of theoretical discourse. He argues that the best documentation of this discourse can be found in the 'fundamental' works of major linguists from Ferdinand de Saussure to Teun van Dijk and Walter Kintsch. He therefore employs the highly unusual strategy of a close reading of these works as discourse performances and strives to uncover their main points and characteristic moves in the linguist's own words. Through this approach, the reader is able to appreciate and understand the variety and controversy among linguistic theories as they have emerged and developed in interaction with each other. Special scrutiny is allocated to the issue of how far the active practice of the linguists followed their own theories and proposals, and why. The author concludes by assessing the prospects for linguistics to be drawn from the retrospect in the previous chapters.

Author : John A. Goldsmith,Geoffrey J. Huck
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781136159831

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Ideology and Linguistic Theory by John A. Goldsmith,Geoffrey J. Huck Pdf

In The Ideological Structure of Linguistic Theory Geoffrey J. Huck and John A. Goldsmith provide a revisionist account of the development of ideas about semantics in modern theories of language, focusing particularly on Chomsky's very public rift with the Generative Semanticists about the concept of Deep Structure.

Author : Bruce Hayes,Susan Curtiss,Anna Szabolcsi,Tim Stowell,Edward Stabler,Dominique Sportiche,Hilda Koopman,Patricia Keating,Pamela Munro,Nina Hyams,Donca Steriade
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 762 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781118670910

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Linguistics by Bruce Hayes,Susan Curtiss,Anna Szabolcsi,Tim Stowell,Edward Stabler,Dominique Sportiche,Hilda Koopman,Patricia Keating,Pamela Munro,Nina Hyams,Donca Steriade Pdf

Linguistics: An Introduction to Linguistic Theory is a textbook, written for introductory courses in linguistic theory for undergraduate linguistics majors and first-year graduate students, by twelve major figures in the field, each bringing their expertise to one of the core areas of the field - morphology, syntax, semantics, phonetics, phonology, and language acquisition. In each section the book is concerned with discussing the underlying principles common to all languages, showing how these are revealed in language acquisition and in the specific grammars of the world's languages.

Author : Frederick Newmeyer
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789004454040

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Linguistic Theory in America by Frederick Newmeyer Pdf

Author : Geoffrey J. Huck,John A. Goldsmith
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0415153131

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Ideology and Linguistic Theory by Geoffrey J. Huck,John A. Goldsmith Pdf

In Ideology and Linguistic Theory, two students of principals on both sides of the argument - Geoffrey J. Huck and John A. Goldsmith - reappraise the outcome of the Deep Structure Debate.

Author : Thom Huebner,Charles A. Ferguson
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027224637

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Crosscurrents in Second Language Acquisition and Linguistic Theories by Thom Huebner,Charles A. Ferguson Pdf

The term “crosscurrent” is defined as “a current flowing counter to another.” This volume represents crosscurrents in second language acquisition and linguistic theory in several respects. First, although the main currents running between linguistics and second language acquisition have traditionally flowed from theory to application, equally important contributions can be made in the other direction as well. Second, although there is a strong tendency in the field of linguistics to see “theorists” working within formal models of syntax, SLA research can contribute to linguistic theory more broadly defined to include various functional as well as formal models of syntax, theories of phonology, variationist theories of sociolinguists, etc. These assumptions formed the basis for a conference held at Stanford University during the Linguistic Institute there in the summer of 1987. The conference was organized to update the relation between second language acquisition and linguistic theory. This book contains a selection of (mostly revised and updated) papers of this conference and two newly written papers.

Author : John Charles Smith,Martin Maiden
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027236258

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Linguistic Theory and the Romance Languages by John Charles Smith,Martin Maiden Pdf

This volume contains revised versions of papers given at a conference at the Manoir de Brion, in Normandy. They deal with phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics, and cover a wide range of Romance languages, including many lesser-known varieties. The contributors to the volume are committed to the view that Romance Linguistics is not narrowly philological, but is rather General Linguistics practised with reference to particular data. The point has been made many times, but is worth reiterating, that Latin and the Romance languages offer an unrivalled wealth of synchronic and historical documentation, and provide both a stimulus and a test-bed for ideas about language structure, language change, and language variation. Many of the papers in this volume can be interpreted simultaneously as using the analytical tools of linguistic theory to illuminate the structure of individual Romance languages or of the family as a whole, and as using Romance data to throw light on general problems in linguistic theory, or on the structure of languages beyond Romance. Specific areas covered include: prosodic domains; quantification; agreement; the prepositional accusative; clitic pronouns; voice and aspect.

Author : Deborah Cameron
Publisher : Springer
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1992-09-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781349223343

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Feminism and Linguistic Theory by Deborah Cameron Pdf

An introduction to theories about language in attempts to understand and transform women's lives. This evolving body of work encompasses linguistics, anthropology, literary and cultural theory, psychoanalysis and postmodern philosophy.

Author : S. Flynn,W. O'Neil
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789400927339

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Linguistic Theory in Second Language Acquisition by S. Flynn,W. O'Neil Pdf

Suzanne Flynn and Wayne O'Neil Massachusetts Institute of Technology I. INTRODUCTION The theory of Universal Grammar (UG) as explicated e. g. in Chomsky, 1986, has led to explosive developments in the study of natural language as well as to significant advances in the study of first language (L I) acquisition. Most recently. the theory of UG has led to important theore tical and empirical advances in the field of adult second language (L2) acquisition as well. The principle impetus for this development can be traced to the work in linguistics which shifted the study "from behavior or the products of behavior to states of the mind/brain that enter into behavior" (Chomksy. 1986:3). Grammars within this framework are conceived of as theoretical accounts of "the state of the mind/brain of the person who knows a particular language" (Chomsky. 1986:3). Research within fields of language acquisition seeks to isolate and specify the properties of the underlying competence necessary for language learning. Full development of a theory of UG demands study and understanding of the nature of both the formal properties of language and of the language acquisition process itself. However. while there is a tradition of debate and dialogue established between theoretical linguistics and Ll acquisition research. relatively few connections have been made between linguistic theory and L2 acquisition research.

Author : Flip G. Droste,John E. Joseph
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1991-12-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027277923

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Linguistic Theory and Grammatical Description by Flip G. Droste,John E. Joseph Pdf

This volume presents nine of today's grammatical theories with a view to comparing their starting points and their methods. The particular features and properties of each theory are discussed in this book, as well as the major conceptual differences and methodological obstacles each has overcome and has yet to overcome. The parallel structure of the papers makes for easy comparison and cross-reference. This systematic and thorough introduction to the recent history of the discipline provides a state-of-the-art report on current leading tendencies as well as a wealth of directions for future research.

Author : Deborah Cameron
Publisher : Springer
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1985-01-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781349177271

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Feminism And Linguistic Theory by Deborah Cameron Pdf

Feminism and Linguistic Theory is a critical introduction to feminist scholarship. It encompasses work in linguistics, anthropology, literary and cultural theory, psychoanalysis and postmodern philosophy.

Author : Antoine Culioli
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1995-09-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027276537

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Cognition and Representation in Linguistic Theory by Antoine Culioli Pdf

The objective of this book is to better acquaint English-speaking linguistics with a corpus of texts hitherto untranslated, containing the cognitive-based research in formal linguistics of one of the most important theoreticians in the field: Antoine Culioli (b. 1924). Culioli's viewpoint is grounded in Emile Benveniste's (1902-1976) revolutionary answer to Saussure's opposition between competence (langue) and performance (parole) captured in the idea of énonciation, in which the relationship between an individual and a language is one of appropriation. The translation has been prepared to provide the reader with as obstacle-free a path as one can clear to a theory that requires, and indeed commands, a very close, attentive reading. As an additional aid to understand Culioli's argument, footnotes throughout the work show similarities and differences with the work of the cognitive linguist Ronald W. Langacker.

Author : Bob de Jonge,Yishai Tobin
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027215741

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Linguistic Theory and Empirical Evidence by Bob de Jonge,Yishai Tobin Pdf

This volume further elaborates the empirical tradition of Columbia School (CS) Linguistics by offering diverse empirical analyses for a wide variety of languages. These studies open a much needed debate advocating the necessity of the independent validation of linguistic hypotheses. This research exemplifies how such a validation should be conducted by determining which forms underlie the analyses and extracting those observations that are considered to be objective. The volume consists of two parts: a section on synchronic and diachronic grammatical problems and a section on Phonology as Human Behavior (PHB), the Columbia School version of phonology, applied to evolutionary, developmental and clinical issues and the phonotactics of the selected lexicon of a literary text. It provides a wealth of useful empirical data and in-depth and sophisticated qualitative and quantitative analyses of a broad range of languages from diverse families: French, Spanish, Afrikaans, Dutch, English, Polish, Russian, Japanese, and Hebrew.

Author : Noam Chomsky
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2011-05-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110867565

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Current Issues in Linguistic Theory by Noam Chomsky Pdf

In this paper,(1) I will restrict the term ""linguistic theory"" to systems of hypotheses concerning the general features of human language put forth in an attempt to account for a certain range of linguistic phenomena. I will not be concerned with systems of terminology or methods of investigation (analytic procedures). The central fact to which any significant linguistic theory must address itself is this: a mature speaker can produce a new sentence of his language on the appropriate occasion, and other speakers can understand it immediately, though it is equally new to them. Most of our li.