Questioning Theoretical Primitives in Linguistic Inquiry
Papers in honor of Ricardo Otheguy
Editors
Across the world, professional linguistic inquiry is in full bloom, largely as result of pioneering thinkers who helped rapidly modernize the study of human language in the last century. As the field continues to move forward, further solidifying its position as a conduit of insight into the human condition, it is essential to take stock of the theoretical primitives that have given linguistics its intellectual foundation. This volume does precisely that, inspecting the load-bearing components of the edifice upon which contemporary linguistics has been constructed. The volume’s authors – whose expertise spans the Generativist, Functionalist, and Variationist research traditions – remind us of the need to revisit the conceptual bedrock of the field, clarifying and assessing our primary theoretical moves, including those relating to such elemental components as the ‘linguistic sign’, ‘a language’, ‘structural relations’, ‘grammatical category’, ‘acquisition’, ‘bilingual’, ‘competence’, and ‘sociolinguistic variable’.
[Studies in Functional and Structural Linguistics, 76] 2018. vi, 293 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 5 November 2018
Published online on 5 November 2018
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
-
First principles in linguistic inquiryDaniel Erker and Naomi Shin | pp. 1–6
-
Categories of grammar and categories of speech: When the quest for symmetry meets inherent variabilityShana Poplack | pp. 7–34
-
Appendix: Letter from Ricardo Otheguy to Shana Poplack | pp. 35–43
-
Variable grammars: Competence as a statistical abstraction from performance. Constructing theories from dataGregory R. Guy | pp. 45–66
-
Discovering structure: Person and accessibilityCatherine E. Travis and Rena Torres Cacoullos | pp. 67–90
-
The justification of grammatical categoriesWallis Reid | pp. 91–132
-
Spooky grammatical effectsJoseph Davis | pp. 133–156
-
Ditransitives and the English System of Degree of Control: A Columbia School analysisNancy Stern | pp. 157–188
-
LatinUs and linguistics: Complaints, conflicts, and contradictions – The anthro-political linguistics solutionAna Celia Zentella | pp. 189–208
-
Reviving the unicorn: Linguistic reconsiderations for the existence of SpanglishRachel Varra | pp. 209–244
-
Bilingual acquisition: Difference or incompleteness?Carmen Silva-Corvalán | pp. 245–268
-
An incomplete disquisition against ‘incomplete acquisition’: With particular reference to changes in the distribution of the subjunctive in SpanishMarcel den Dikken | pp. 269–290
-
Index
Cited by (2)
Cited by two other publications
Travis, Catherine E. & Rena Torres Cacoullos
This list is based on CrossRef data as of 27 july 2024. Please note that it may not be complete. Sources presented here have been supplied by the respective publishers. Any errors therein should be reported to them.
Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CFK: Grammar, syntax
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009060: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax