Grammatical theory and metascience : a critical investigation into the methodological and philosophical foundations of "autonomous" linguistics
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Grammatical theory and metascience : a critical investigation into the methodological and philosophical foundations of "autonomous" linguistics
（Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science, Series IV . Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 5）
J. Benjamins, 1978
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"Second revised edition of ... 1974 dissertation Linguistics and metascience."
Bibliography: p. [331]-348
Includes indexes
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ISBN 9789027209016
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This volume reflects the fact that the possibilities in theory construction allow for a much wider spectrum than students of linguistics have perhaps been led to believe. It consists of articles by scholars of differing generations and widely varying academic persuasions: some have received their initiation to the trade within the framework of transformational-generative grammar, some in one or the other structuralist mould, yet others in the philology and linguistics of particular languages and language families. They all share, however, some doubts concerning characteristic attitudes and procedures of present-day 'mainstream linguistics'. All want, not a uniformity of ideological stance, but a union of individualists working towards the advancement of theory and empirical accountability.
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[set] ISBN 9789027209061
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In this book, the author analyses the nature of the science of grammar. After presenting some methodological and historical background, he sets forth a theory of language and of grammar, showing that the science of grammar is not an empirical, but a normative science, comparable to logic and philosophy, characterized by the use of the method of explication.
Table of Contents
- 1. Preface
- 2. table of contents
- 3. 1. The idea of 'Positivism'
- 4. 2. The idea of 'Hermeneutics'
- 5. 3. 20-th century linguistic theories: A brief survey
- 6. 4. Philosophical foundations of the concept of language
- 7. 5. The concept of language
- 8. 6. The basis of the nonempirical nature of grammar
- 9. 7. The ineliminability of linguistic normativity
- 10. 8. Language and grammar
- 11. 9. The methodology of grammar
- 12. 10. Grammar and logic
- 13. 11. Grammar and philosophy
- 14. Conclusion
- 15. Notes
- 16. References
- 17. Index of authors
- 18. Index of terms
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