This book shows that philosophers and linguists of quite different brands have tended to give undue priority to their own favorite 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. United by a critical attitude towards such essentialist aspirations, the authors collectively manage to cast doubt on the very attempt to fit the whole of linguistic practice into a general theoretical mould.
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This book shows that philosophers and linguists of quite different brands have tended to give undue priority to their own favorite 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. United by a critical attitude towards such essentialist aspirations, the authors collectively manage to cast doubt on the very attempt to fit the whole of linguistic practice into a general theoretical mould.
Imprint | Springer-Verlag New York |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | June 2002 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | 2002 |
Editors | M. Gustafsson, L. Hertzberg |
Dimensions | 235 x 155 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 273 |
Edition | 2002 ed. |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4020-0691-3 |
Barcode | 9781402006913 |
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LSN | 1-4020-0691-8 |