General Linguistics

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Georgetown University Press, 1995 - 646 Seiten

A comprehensive overview of the development of language studies from the ancient Greeks through modern theorists, this book focuses on determining what the enduring issues in linguistics are, what concepts have changed, and why. Francis P. Dinneen, SJ, defines the basic terminology of the discipline as well as different linguistic theories, and he frequently compares underlying assumptions in contemporaneous science and linguistics.

General Linguistics traces the history of linguistics from ancient Greek works on grammar and rhetoric through the medieval roots of traditional grammar and its assumption that there is a norm for correct speech. Dinneen marks the beginning of modern linguistics with Saussure's concept of an autonomous linguistic structure independent of socially imposed norms, and he details the theoretical contributions of Sapir, Bloomfield, Hjelmslev, Chomsky, Pike, and others. Dinneen considers the relative merits of the different theories and models, evaluating their claims and shortcomings.

A thorough introduction to linguistics for newcomers to the field, this book will also be valuable to linguists, psychologists, philosophers, and historians of science for its evaluations of major theoretical concepts in light of enduring issues and problems in language studies.

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Purposes in studying language 9 A simple example
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Kinds of meaning 19 What mean meant 20 Conventions 21
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A central focus of phonology 35 Phonemics 35 English phonemes
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Phonemic analysis 47 Segmental phonemes of English 49 Motivated
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Some Minimal Pairs in American English 63 Reading
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Language as a system of forms
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Structural morphology and syntax 90 Function as mean 90 Public
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Hierarchy 98 Covariation 99 Messages
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tions Meaning 327 Linguistics Translation Contributions 327 Struc
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Purport schema and usage 349 Catalysis 350 Meaning Systems
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each other 360 Stratal Representation 361 Notes 361 Reading
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vs Absence 369 Phrase Structure 369 PS Constituents are not just
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Categories and Relations 387 Subcategorization 389 Factors
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Constants and Variables 403 Languages are Unique 404 Languages
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Particle Wave Field 420 Reduction 420 Tagmemics and Drama
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Distribution vs Composition 424 Predicate Types
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Necessary and Contingent 121 Proposition and Sen
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Varros definition of word 138 Varros Method 139 Usage
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Phobias 141 Greek
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SOSEEMSAID 167 Ways of knowing 168 Knowledge
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Use of modistic terminology in theology 173 Peter of Spains Summu
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Etymology and historical linguistics
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William Jones 212 Etymology and History 213 Reconstruction
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Changes Change 226 Intervocalic consonants 226 The vocalic
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Edward Sapir
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Difference and Class 262 Analytic consequences 263 Meanings sig
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Importance of Radicals 269 Form and Meaning Essentials 270 Form
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about language 287 Subjective talk about language 287 Objective
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Bloomfields Language 1933 293 The study use and spread of lan
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Stable States 299 Basic and Modified Meaning 300 Sentence types
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Pattern Design 303 A Priori vs A posteriori 303 Rationalists
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Linguistic Fact 317 Contextual analysis 317 Abstraction
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Tentative Lexical Decompositions 442 Reading
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XBar and Quirks NP VP Analysis 456 Constituents and Non
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COMP Paradigmatically 476 Abstract identity in concrete difference
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SubjectRaising 495 Generalizations
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The intralinguistic relation of GOVERNMENT
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Argument structure 519 Lexical Entries 520 Interpreting lexical
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Relational Grammar 533 Signification value
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TG MG Compared 555 The Nature of Syntac
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Summary and Conclusions
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Logical talk about SNP VP 575 Grammatical talk about S
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view of Language 588 Hispanus terms and nonterms 588 Language
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and Tokens 602 Traces zeros and empty categories 602 Autonomous
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Reading 624 Notes
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Author Index
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