Hard-science linguistics / edited by Victor H. Yngve and Zdzisaw Wasik.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Yngve, Victor H., 1920-

Wasik, Zdzisaw.

Series:

Open Linguistics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linguistics--Methodology.

Linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (397 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The impossibility of testing the depth hypothesis of 1960 of a connection between the complexities of grammar and a limited human temporary memory led to questioning the ancient grammatical foundations of linguistics and to developing standard hard-science foundations. This volume is the first detailed report on how to reconstitute linguistics on the new hard-science foundation laid by Victor H. Yngve in 1996.Hard-science (human) linguistics is the scientific study of how people communicate. It studies people and also communicative energy flow and other relevant parts of the physical environme

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Introduction; PART I: ORIENTATION TO HARD-SCIENCE LINGUISTICS; PART II: RECONSTITUTING PHONETICS-PHONOLOGY; PART III: IN SEARCH OF CONTEXT; PART IV: VARIATIONAL AND HISTORICAL LINGUSTICS; PART V: SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES; PART VI: PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS; PART VII: DISCIPLINARY CONSIDERATIONS; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611292027

9781281292025

1281292028

9781847140883

1847140882

OCLC:

568446164