1st Edition

Linguistic Theory The Discourse of Fundamental Works

By Robert-Alain De Beaugrande Copyright 1991
412 Pages
by Routledge

412 Pages
by Routledge

412 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more
1. Linguistic theory as discourse
2. Ferdinand de Saussure
3. Edward Sapir
4. Leonard Bloomfield
5. Kenneth Pike
6. Louis Hjelmslev
7. Noam Chomsky
8. J.R.Firth
9. Michael Halliday
10. Teun van Dijk and Walter Kintsch
11. Peter Hartmann
12. Linguistics versus language

Index of terms
Index of names

Biography

Robert De Beaugrande