Thirty Years of Linguistic Evolution
Studies in honour of René Dirven on the occasion of his 60th birthday
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For this volume, 30 well-known linguistics and researcher in related fields were invited to present an overview of their most important insights and theories as these have evolved over the past 30 years. Against the background of work done in other areas of study, the contributors reflect on the development of their ideas; the book shows what progress has been made, and how priorities have shifted these past decades. By placing current ideas in a wider historical perspective, Thirty Years of Linguistics Evolution will become a unique instrument for future generations of linguists to gain insight into the overall trends and problems that have dominated linguistics in the second half of the 20th century.
The impressive contributions to this volume provide a glowing and appropriate testimonial to the many years of effort which René Dirven has devoted to linguistic research and to the forging of contacts between scholars all over the world. The topics are wide-ranging, the titles intriguing, the content challenging. The whole has been scrupulously edited by Martin Pütz to provide a book which I am sure will be of considerable interest and value to scholars and students alike. David Crystal, Bangor, Wales.
The impressive contributions to this volume provide a glowing and appropriate testimonial to the many years of effort which René Dirven has devoted to linguistic research and to the forging of contacts between scholars all over the world. The topics are wide-ranging, the titles intriguing, the content challenging. The whole has been scrupulously edited by Martin Pütz to provide a book which I am sure will be of considerable interest and value to scholars and students alike. David Crystal, Bangor, Wales.
[Not in series, 61] 1992. xl, 632 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Preface | p. xix
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Acknowledgements | p. xxi
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René Dirven: A Biographical Sketch | p. xxiii
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René Dirven: A Bibliography | p. xxxi
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Introduction | p. xxxix
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Section I. General Linguistics
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On the nature, use and acquisition of languageNoam Chomsky | p. 3
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The concept of communicative competence revisitedDell H. Hymes | p. 31
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New ways of analysing meaning: The challenge to applied linguisticsM.A.K. Halliday | p. 59
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The creole key to the black box of languageDerek Bickerton | p. 97
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Twenty years after: A review of Peter Mühlhäusler’s pidginization and simplification of languagePeter Mühlhäusler | p. 109
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The changing English language — fiction and factDavid Crystal | p. 119
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Section II. Applied Linguistics
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‘Very like a whale’: Shifting paradigms in Applied LinguisticsGillian Brown | p. 133
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Section III. Grammar and Discourse Analysis
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Between grammar and discourseWolfgang U. Dressler | p. 149
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Linguistics and grammaticsMalcolm Coulthard | p. 161
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Institutional linguistics: Language and institutions, linguistics and sociologyMichael Stubbs | p. 189
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Section IV. Semantics
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The search for universal semantic primitivesAnna Wierzbicka | p. 215
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A theory of vocabulary structure: Retrospectives and prospectivesAdrienne Lehrer | p. 243
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The return of hermeneutics to lexical semanticsDirk Geeraerts | p. 257
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Section V. Morphology
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The formats change — the problems remain: Word-formation theory between 1960 and 1990Dieter Kastovsky | p. 285
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Section VI. Historical Linguistics
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The return of philology to linguisticsRaimo Anttila | p. 313
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Section VII. Functionalism in Linguistics
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The why’s and the how’s in my research into functional sentence perspectiveJan Firbas | p. 335
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Section VIII. Sociolinguistics and Languages in Contact
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Norwich revisited: Recent changes in an English urban dialectPeter Trudgill | p. 361
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Multilingualism and contact linguisticsPeter H. Nelde | p. 379
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Multilingualism research in Australia: Tyranny of distance and challenges of a new societyMichael Clyne | p. 399
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Codeswitching as socially motivated performance meets structurally motivated constraintsCarol Myers-Scotton | p. 417
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Language attitudes in South Africa: Implications for a post-apartheid democracyVictor Webb | p. 429
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Section IX. Cognitive Linguistics
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Metaphors and war: The metaphor system used to justify was in the gulfGeorge Lakoff | p. 463
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The symbolic nature of cognitive grammar: The meaning of of and of of-periphrasisRonald W. Langacker | p. 483
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Diachrony within synchrony: The challenge of cognitive grammarMargaret E. Winters | p. 503
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The cognitive approach to natural languageGünter Radden | p. 513
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Section X. Cognitive Psychology
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The takeover of psychology by biology or the devaluation of reference in psychologyJohn Macnamara | p. 545
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Section XI. Philosophical Linguistics
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Linguistic theory and epistemology of linguisticsPierre Swiggers | p. 573
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Section XII. Linguistics and Anthropology
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Linguistics and anthropologyRoger M. Keesing | p. 593
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Section XIII. Computational Linguistics
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Where am I coming from: The reversibility of analysis and generation in natural language processingYorick Wilks | p. 613
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Index | p. 625
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