The Practice of Language
How is linguistic theory related to linguistic practice? What do theoretical notions and models tell us about real-life language use? Are there any limits to what such notions and models can reasonably be taken to accomplish? These questions are fundament
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The Practice of Language Edited by
Martin Gustafsson Uppsala University and
Lars Hertzberg Abo Academy
SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V.
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ISBN 978-90-481-6053-2 ISBN 978-94-017-3439-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-3439-4
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CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .......................................... . INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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PART I. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES Siiren Stenlund On the Linguistic Tum in Philosophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Olav Gundersen Humboldt: Grammatical Form and "Weltansicht". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Michael Gustavsson Language as Sign and Use: A Study of Certain Aspects of Saussure's View of Language. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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PART II. PREJUDICED PRECONCEPTIONS: NOTIONS OF LANGUAGE WITHIN LINGUISTICS AND FEMINIST EPISTEMOLOGY Sven Ohman Expression and Content in Linguistic Theory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Saara Haapamiiki The History of Swedish Grammar and Professor Chomsky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Sharon Rider How Ordinary is Ordinary Experience? Language in Feminist Epistemology and Philosophy of Science. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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vi PART III. THE PRACTICE OF MEANING AND TRUTH Frederick Stoutland Putnam on Truth.. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Martin Gustafsson Meaning, Saying, Truth .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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PART IV. THEMES FROM WITTGENSTEIN Par Segerdahl Wittgenstein, MeursauIt and the Difficulty of Philosophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Thorsten Johansson Wittgenstein, Logical Form and Grammatical Remarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Juan Wilhelmi On Rule-Following. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Gudmundur Steingrimsson Are We all Trapped in Nonsense? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Lars Hertzberg On the Need for a Listener and Community Standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .