Alternative linguistics : descriptive and theoretical modes / edited by Philip W. Davis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Davis, Philip W., 1939-

Rice University. Dept. of Linguistics. Symposium 1993)

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; Series IV, v. 102.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 102

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linguistics--Congresses.

Linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (333 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The papers in this volume were presented at the Fifth Biennial Symposium of the Department of Linguistics, Rice University, March 1993. The participants were asked to concentrate in depth and in a self-reflective way upon some range of data. The intent was multifold. The first purpose was descriptive. It was expected that the participants would carry out their task in a retrospective way, exemplifying and building upon their previous work, but it was also expected that they would begin to demonstrate the configuration of some area in a more comprehensive picture of language. The point was to t

Contents:

What constitutes "good" data for the study of language development? : how children learn to talk about things with no name : "double emotions" / Michael Bamberg, D.L. Ammirati & Sheila Shea

The way of language : dimensions of voice / Philip W. Davis

A syntactic exploration of repair in English conversation / Barbara A. Fox & Robert Jasperson

Asserting identity / János Révai

Viewing in cognition and grammar / Ronald W. Langacker

What can conversation tell us about syntax? / Tsuyoshi Ono & Sandra A. Thompson

Prolegomena to the next linguistics / Stephen A. Tyler

Dictionaries vs. encyclopedias : how to draw the line / Anna Wierzbicka.

Notes:

Papers presented at the 5th biennial Symposium of the Dept. of Linguistics, Rice University, Mar. 1993, which was called Descriptive and theoretical modes in the alternative linguistics.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-31263-8

9786613312631

90-272-7631-5

OCLC:

759101332