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On doing theoretical linguistics.
- Source :
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Theoretical Linguistics . Jun2021, Vol. 47 Issue 1/2, p33-45. 13p. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- I don't think that this is the only way to do linguistics, I don't think that it should have any particular priority, epistemologically or sociologically, over other ways to do linguistics, but I do think that it is an important approach and that we can learn much about FL/L by pursuing it. 3 On the "theoretical" in theoretical linguistics It will be clear from the discussion in the last section that I have a very different view of what theoretical linguistics is from that in GLU. I do have some quibbles about GLU's terminological proposal, that generative grammar is a "Natural Kinds Programme", mainly because I think the terminology is inexact. Haspelmath's 2021 target paper, I General linguistics must be based on universals (or nonconventional aspects of language) i (which I'll abbreviate here as GLU) seeks to address the question of how linguistics should deal with what he sees as a paradox at the heart of the enterprise, his General Linguistics Paradox in (1). [Extracted from the article]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03014428
- Volume :
- 47
- Issue :
- 1/2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Theoretical Linguistics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 152367584
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1515/tl-2021-2003