Questioning Theoretical Primitives in Linguistic Inquiry (Studies in Functional and Structural Linguistics) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9027201676 ISBN 13: 9789027201676

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2018

Synopsis

Across the world, professional linguistic inquiry is in full bloom, largely as result of pioneering thinkers who helped rapidly modernize the study of human language in the last century. As the field continues to move forward, further solidifying its position as a conduit of insight into the human condition, it is essential to take stock of the theoretical primitives that have given linguistics its intellectual foundation. This volume does precisely that, inspecting the load-bearing components of the edifice upon which contemporary linguistics has been constructed. The volume’s authors – whose expertise spans the Generativist, Functionalist, and Variationist research traditions – remind us of the need to revisit the conceptual bedrock of the field, clarifying and assessing our primary theoretical moves, including those relating to such elemental components as the ‘linguistic sign’, ‘a language’, ‘structural relations’, ‘grammatical category’, ‘acquisition’, ‘bilingual’, ‘competence’, and ‘sociolinguistic variable’.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027201676
• ISBN 13: 9789027201676
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 299
• Editor: Shin Naomi, Erker Daniel