Normativity in language and linguistics /
"This volume sets out to discuss the role of norms and normativity in both language and linguistics from a multiplicity of perspectives. These concepts are centrally important to the philosophy and methodology of linguistics, and their role and nature need to be investigated in detail. The chap...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Publishing Company,
[2019]
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Colección: | Studies in language companion series ;
v. 209. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Normativity in Language and Linguistics; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Foreword; Norms and normativity in language and linguistics: Basic concepts and contextualisation; 1. Introduction; 2. Concepts and terms; 2.1 Norms in general; 2.2 Rules and principles: Central features; 3. A historical perspective; 4. The present volume: Outline and contextualisation; Acknowledgements; References; Concerning the scope of normativity; 1. Introduction; 2. Generalities; 2.1 Truth as norm; 2.2 On knowledge and belief; 2.3 The dual nature of beliefs
- 2.4 Descriptive vs. prescriptive attitude vis-à-vis norms3. Semantics; 3.1 Necessary truth as the basis of philosophical/linguistic semantics; 3.2 Necessary truth as an exemplification of normativity; 3.3 Normativity prevails over psychology/cognition; 3.4 Linguistic vs. cognitive semantics; 4. Rational explanation; 4.1 Definition; 4.2 Justification in three different situations; 4.2.1 No laws; 4.2.2 Statistical laws; 4.2.3 Universal (= deterministic) laws; 4.3 Theoretical vs. practical reasoning; 4.3.1 Two inverse types of inference
- 4.3.2 Sufficient vs. necessary conclusions of practical reasoning4.4 Conclusion; 5. The implicit normativity of everyday life; 6. Epilogue; References; Norms of language: What kinds and where from? Insights from phenomenology; 1. Introduction; 2. Some basic concepts and insights of phenomenology; 2.1 What is phenomenology?; 2.2 Intentionality and intuition; 2.3 Operative intentionality and embodied intersubjectivity; 2.4 Life world, typification and sedimentation; 2.5 Summary; 3. Itkonen on language norms, accessible by intuitions; 3.1 Norms of correctness and rationality
- 3.2 Intuitions and their objects3.3 Variation in intuitions and norms; 3.4 Parallels and differences between the levels in language and logic; 4. Coseriu's levels of linguistic normativity; 5. Levels of normativity and phenomenology; 6. Summary and conclusions; What is the ontology of language norms?; How are norms known?; What kinds of norms are there?; Where do norms derive from?; What are the main characteristics of language norms?; Acknowledgements; References; A primer for linguistic normativists; 1. Introduction; 2. What is a normative domain?; 3. What is a rule?; Case 1; Case 2; Case 3
- 4. Is there such a thing as grammaticality? (1)5. Is there such a thing as grammaticality? (2); 6. The place of linguistic intuition; 7. Normativity and prescriptivism; 8. Etiological analysis: Further discussion; 9. Should we love traditional grammar?; 10. Summary and conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Appendix; The normative basis of construal; 1. Introduction; 2. Cognitive and socio-normative approaches to meaning: Bridging the gap; 2.1 Usage-based grammar: Social and cognitive facets of language; 2.2 Cognitive grammar, meaning, and normativity; 3. Construal re-interpreted