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Prospects for a New Structuralism.
Title:
Prospects for a New Structuralism.
Author:
Lieb, Hans-Heinrich.
ISBN:
9789027277428
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (284 pages)
Series:
Current Issues in Linguistic Theory
Contents:
PROSPECTS FOR A NEW STRUCTURALISM -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Foreword -- Table of contents -- Prospects for a New Structuralism: Introduction -- 1 Nine Principles of New Structuralism -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The principles -- 1.3 Heuristic nature and modesty (Principles 9 and 1) -- 1.4 New mentalism (Principles 2 to 4) -- 1.5 Ontology and linguistic diversity (Principles 5 to 8) -- 2 Documenting the principles -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Section I: Philosophical Issues -- 2.3 Section II: Frameworks -- 2.4 Section III: Areas -- 2.5 Prospects -- References -- I. PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES -- An Interactionist Position -- 1 Objective knowledge and realism -- 2 Structuralism and generativity -- 3 The Nine Principles -- References -- The Case for a New Structuralism -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- 1 Problem and aim -- 1.1 Realism vs. cognitivism: two opposing claims -- 1.2 Aim of this essay -- 1.3 Arguing for Realism -- 2 Cognitivist linguistics and linguistic intentionality -- 2.1 Representation linguistics -- 2.2 The problem of intentionality -- 2.3 A connectionist solution? -- II. BACKGROUND -- 3 Two general claims -- 3.1 Linguistic Object Claim and Linguistic Structure Claim -- 3.2 Abstract vs. concrete -- 3.3 Constructive ontology -- 3.4 The notion of extra-mental -- 4 The intentionality of speech -- 4.1 The concept of action -- 4.2 Speaking as an action -- III. THE ARGUMENT FOR REALISM. NEW STRUCTURALISM -- 5 Arguing the Linguistic Structure Claim -- 5.1 Outline of argument -- 5.2 The argument -- 6 Linguistics as an intentional discipline -- 6.1 On the Linguistic Object Claim -- 6.2 The Intentionality Hypothesis -- 6.3 Linguistic interdisciplines -- 6.4 Summary -- 7 New Structuralism -- References -- II. FRAMEWORKS -- Classical Structuralism and Present-day Praguian Linguistics -- 1 Character of the language system.

1.1 Openness and complexity of the system -- 1.2 On the stratification of a language -- 2 On the autonomy of a language -- 3 Language use -- 4 On the teleological approach -- 5 Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Noematic grammar -- References -- The Functional Model of UNITYP Dimensions -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Basic thoughts -- 3 An example of a dimension: Participation (overview) -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The techniques as bundles of subdimensions -- 3.2.1 Positing participation -- 3.2.2 Participant/participatum distinction -- 3.3 The ordering of the techniques in the dimension -- 3.4Conclusion -- 4 Basic notions -- 5 The gradual unfolding of the model -- 6 H. Lieb's principles of new structuralism -- Notes -- References -- Integrational Linguistics: Outline of a Theory of Language -- Contents -- 0 Introduction -- 0.1 Aim and method -- 0.2 Integrational Linguistics -- 1 Background -- 1.1 Languages, varieties, idiolects -- 1.2 Systems -- 1.3 Integrational grammars -- 1.4 Language and speech -- 2 Phonology -- 2.1 Introduction and overview -- 2.2 Base forms and features -- 2.3 Units, categories, and structures -- 2.4 Functions -- 3 Morphology -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Base forms and units -- 3.3 Categories -- 3.4 Structures -- 3.5 Functions -- 4 Syntax -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Base forms, units, and categories -- 4.3 Structures -- 4.4 Functions -- 5 Lexical semantics (morphosemantics) -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Basic idea for lexical meanings -- 5.3 Meanings as concepts -- 5.4 Lexical meaning composition -- 6 Syntactic semantics (sentential semantics) -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Syntactic meanings -- 6.3 Syntactic meaning composition -- 6.4 Remarks on syntactic meaning composition -- References -- III. AREAS -- A New Structuralism in Phonology -- 0 Introductory Remarks -- 1 Philosophical properties of linguistic theories.

2 Methodological properties of linguistic theories -- 3 Change and persistence of structuralist ideas -- 4 A contribution to the theory of phonological oppositions -- 5 Some aspects of the logical reconstruction of structuralist theories -- 6 Is generative phonology reducible to structuralist phonology? -- 7 Concluding remarks -- 8 Appendix: Lieb's Nine Principles of New Structuralism -- Bibliography -- The Structuralist Heritage in Natural Morphology -- 1 Natural morphology -- 2 Natural morphology and generative grammar -- 3 The structuralist heritage -- 3.1 Jakobson: semiotics - motivation - iconicity -- 3.2 Coseriu: system dependence - system congruity -- 4 Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- What are Language Histories Histories of? -- 1 Problemstellung -- 2 Language and mind(s), mind(s) and metalanguage -- 3 Speaker 'involvement': a sketch for a model -- 4 Time and change: diffusion and population-thinking -- 5 Postlude and prelude -- Notes -- References -- Index of Names.
Abstract:
This volume, which has partly grown from a Round Table at the XIVth International Congress of Linguists, argues for a large amount of underlying unity in outlook among different frameworks in present-day linguistics: the contemporary Prague School; the Noematic approach; the UNITYP model; Integrational Linguistics; Natural Morphology; much recent work in phonology; and Popperian Interactionism as applied, in particular, to historical linguistics. Section I discusses philosophical issues such as realism vs. cognitivism; Section II characterizes current frameworks; and Section III deals with individual linguistic areas like phonology. Leading representatives of the various approaches are shown to agree in subscribing to most if not all of nine 'Principles of New Structuralism' that combine ontological realism with non-cognitivist mentalism. These principles define a position that is structuralist in a novel sense and appears to be partly represented also in approaches such as Katzian 'Platonism' and Searle's intentionalism; it should be compatible with frameworks like GPSG. There are definite historical connections with European structuralism. The position is incompatible with current cognitivism of the 'mechanism' type but otherwise bridges traditional oppositions such as the dichotomy of generative vs. non-generative frameworks.
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