Explanatory models in linguistics : a behavioral perspective /

Pere Julia questions the recourse of contemporary linguists, psycholinguists, and philosophers to an idealized speaker-listener and maintains that there is no way to be sure of the organizing principles for linguistic data other than going to the sources of these data, i.e., speakers, listeners, and...

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Main Authors: Julia, Pere
Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Published: Princeton University Press,
Publisher Address: Princeton, N.J. :
Publication Dates: [1983]
©1983
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9781400857944
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Summary: Pere Julia questions the recourse of contemporary linguists, psycholinguists, and philosophers to an idealized speaker-listener and maintains that there is no way to be sure of the organizing principles for linguistic data other than going to the sources of these data, i.e., speakers, listeners, and the circumstances under which they interact in actual situations.Originally published in 1983.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (248 pages) : illustrations
ISBN: 9781400857944
Index Number: P128
CLC: H0
Contents: Frontmatter --
CONTENTS --
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --
INTRODUCTION --
CHAPTER 1. Psycholinguistic Context --
CHAPTER 2. Structuralist Background --
CHAPTER 3. The Transformational-Generative Proposal --
CHAPTER 4. Explanatory Models --
CHAPTER 5. Subsequent Refinements --
CHAPTER 6. Performance and Competence --
CHAPTER 7. Mentalism in Linguistics --
NOTES --
REFERENCES --
INDEX --
Backmatter.