Philosophy of Linguistics

Dov M. Gabbay,Paul Thagard,John Woods

• Publisher: North Holland
• Year: 2012
• ISBN:
  9780080930879
• Topic: Lingue e linguistica
• Subtopic: Linguistica

Philosophy of Linguistics investigates the foundational concepts and methods of linguistics, the scientific study of human language. This groundbreaking collection, the most thorough treatment of the philosophy of linguistics ever published, brings together philosophers, scientists and historians to map out both the foundational assumptions set during the second half of the last century and the unfolding shifts in perspective in which more functionalist perspectives are explored. The opening chapter lays out the philosophical background in preparation for the papers that follow, which demonstrate the shift in the perspective of linguistics study through discussions of syntax, semantics, phonology and cognitive science more generally. The volume serves as a detailed introduction for those new to the field as well as a rich source of new insights and potential research agendas for those already engaged with the philosophy of linguistics.

Part of the Handbook of the Philosophy of Science series edited by:

Dov M. Gabbay, King's College, London, UK;Paul Thagard, University of Waterloo, Canada; and John Woods, University of British Columbia, Canada.

• Provides a bridge between philosophy and current scientific findings
• Encourages multi-disciplinary dialogue
• Covers theory and applications

Index

?∃x.Fo(x), 387

?∃x.Tn(x), 387

Fo, 387

Ty, 387

〈↓*〉, 389

(L^-1), 389

〈↑*〉, 387

*, See Kleene star

abduction, 118

acceptability, 151

accommodation, See presupposition, accommodation of

accomplishments, 188

achievements, 189

acquisition, 361, 366

concept, 310

first-language, 5, 101, 445-472

phonological, 420-434

the logical problem of, 455

action, 486

active formula, 66

adaptors, 546

additive, 85

Adjukiewicz, K., 81

adjunction, 135-137

adverbial

temporal, 234

affect displays, 546

agency, 497

ascription of, 524

agentive passivization, 75

Aktionsart, 187

algebra, 4

alliances, 489

allophone, 410

α-conversion, 71

alphabetism, 412, 415

altruism, 488

ambiguity, 63, 165-166, 363, 364, 371, 376, 381-383, 390, 393

attachment, 165

collective-distributive, 165

semantic, 147

syntactic, 165, 166

American-Indian languages, 532

American sign language, 538

analogical generalisation, 422

anaphora, 9, 230, 237, 241, 268, 360, 364, 367, 370, 375-385, 387, 388, 391, 393, 397

Andersson, K., 490

animal behaviour, 477, 479

annotated, 468

antecedent, 66, 68, 72

antecedent-contained ellipsis:, See ellipsis, antecedent-contained

anthropological linguistics, 531, 532, 538

anthropology, 4, 532

antiquity, 482

apes, 483, 488, 491, 498

appropriateness, 240

archaeology, 532

Arctic, See Innuit

Ardener, E., 534

argument, 485

event, 25...