Antilinguistics : Critical Assessment of Modern Linguistic Theory and Practice

Title: Antilinguistics : Critical Assessment of Modern Linguistic Theory and Practice
Author: Amorey Gethin
ISBN: 1871516005 / 9781871516005
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 240
Publisher: Intellect Ltd.
Year: 1990
Availability: In Stock

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A study of how language and thought relate to each other in the context of a critique of linguistics. It argues that people learn the meanings of pieces of language by observing how those pieces are used in life.

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Acknowledgements
Introduction

Chapter 1 : What Language is
Chapter 2 : The Emptiness of Analysis
Chapter 3 : Chomskyan Mistakes Made Plain
Chapter 4 : Unapplied Linguistics
Chapter 5 : The Fantasy of Structure
Chapter 6 : More Fantasy of Structure
Chapter 7 : Ungenerative Grammar
Chapter 8 : Deep Confusion
Chapter 9 : Being Able to Use Language
Chapter 10 : Thinking and Language
Chapter 11 : Language the Corrupter
Chapter 12 : Trying to Speak the Truth
Chapter 13 : Slavery to Authority and the Word

Bibliography
Index