1st Edition

Redefining Linguistics

Edited By Hayley G. Davis, Talbot J. Taylor Copyright 1990
184 Pages
by Routledge

182 Pages
by Routledge

184 Pages
by Routledge

The academic discipline of linguistics is at a critical stage of development. Whatever consensus there may have been fifteen or even ten years ago is fast disappearing. A process of redefinition is underway, and it is the aim of this volume to contribute to that process, explain why a redefinition is needed, and how it should proceed. In the case of linguistics the subject is also the subject... Read more

1. Introduction Hayley G. Davis  2. On Redefining Linguistics Roy Harris  3. The Locus of Languages in a Redefined Linguistics Nigel Love  4. Normativity and Linguistic Form Talbot J. Taylor  5. The Emergence of the Category ‘Proper Name’ in Discourse Paul Hopper.  References.  Index

Biography

Hayley G. Davis, Talbot J. Taylor