Philosophy of science, syntax, and semantics : language and information into the 21st century / edited by Bruce E. Nevin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Johnson, Stephen M.

Nevin, Bruce E.

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory. Series IV,

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science, Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; ; v. 228

Current issues in linguistic theory

The Legacy of Zellig Harris ; v.1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linguistics.

Harris, Zellig S. (Zellig Sabbettai), 1909-1992.

Harris, Zellig S.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., c2002.

Summary:

Zellig Harris opened many lines of research in language, information, and culture, from generative grammar to informatics, from mathematics to language pedagogy. An international array of scholars here describe further developments and relate this work to that of others. Volume 1 begins with a survey article by Harris himself, previously unavailable in English. T.A. Ryckman, Paul Mattick, Maurice Gross, and Francis Lin show the importance of Harris's methodology for philosophy of science, the first two with reference especially to his remarkable findings on the form of information in science. Themes of discourse and sublanguage analysis are developed further in chapters by Michael Gottfried, James Munz, Robert Longacre, and Carlota Smith. Morris Salkoff, Peter Seuren, and Lila Gleitman present diverse developments in syntax and semantics. Phonology is represented in chapters by Leigh Lisker and by Frank Harary and Stephen Helmreich. Daythal Kendall applies operator grammar to literary analysis of Sapir's Takelma texts, and Fred Lukoff's chapter describes benefits of string analysis for language pedagogy.

Contents:

THE LEGACY OF ZELLIG HARRIS I

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Contents

Prof. Zellig Harris speaking to Prof. William Evan (photo)

Foreword

Acknowledgements

The background of transformational and metalanguage analysis

Part 1: Philosophy of science

Chapter 1: Method and theory in Harris's Grammar of Information

Chapter 2: Some implications of Zellig Harris's work for the philosophy of science

Chapter 3: Consequences of the metalanguage being included in the language

Chapter 4: On discovery procedures

Part 2: Discourse and sublanguage analysis

Chapter 5: Grammatical speci.cation of scientific sublanguages

Chapter 6: Classifiers and reference

Chapter 7: Some implications of Zellig Harris's discourse analysis

Chapter 8: Accounting for subjectivity (point of view)

Part 3: Syntax and semantics

Chapter 9: Some new results on Transfer Grammar

Chapter 10: Pseudoarguments and pseudocomplements

Chapter 11: Verbs of a feather flock together II

Part IV: Phonology

Chapter 12: The voiceless unaspirated stops of English

Chapter 13: On the bipartite distribution of phonemes

Chapter 14: Operator grammar and the poetic form of Takelma texts

Chapter 15: A practical application of string analysis

Zellig Sabbettai Harris. A comprehensive bibliography of his writings, 1932-2002

Name index

Subject index

The Current Issues in Linguistic Theory series.

Notes:

"Zellig Sabbettai Harris : a comprehensive bibliography of his writings, 1932-2002", p. [305]-316.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612161605

9781282161603

1282161601

9789027297013

9027297010

OCLC:

243489123