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The Practice of Language
. Ed(S): Gustafsson, Martin; Hertzberg, Lars
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Paperback. Editor(s): Gustafsson, Martin; Hertzberg, Lars. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; GT; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 438.
How is linguistic theory related to linguistic practice? What do theoretical notions and models tell us about real-life language use? Are there any limits to what such notions and models can reasonably be taken to accomplish? These questions are fundamental to any serious investigation into the phenomena of human communication. The essays in this book show that philosophers and linguists of quite different brands have tended to give undue priority to their own favourite theoretical framework, and have presupposed that the descriptive scheme invoked by that framework constitutes a pattern to which any linguistic practice somehow has to conform. What ... Read more
How is linguistic theory related to linguistic practice? What do theoretical notions and models tell us about real-life language use? Are there any limits to what such notions and models can reasonably be taken to accomplish? These questions are fundamental to any serious investigation into the phenomena of human communication. The essays in this book show that philosophers and linguists of quite different brands have tended to give undue priority to their own favourite theoretical framework, and have presupposed that the descriptive scheme invoked by that framework constitutes a pattern to which any linguistic practice somehow has to conform. What ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
Number of Pages
273
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048160532
SKU
V9789048160532
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