This unique book provides an introductory overview of modern
theoretical linguistics which manages to be both accessible and
humorous without sacrificing either scholarship of insight.
In a series of magisterial vignettes Smith emphasizes the perennial
necessity of appealing to linguistic theory if we are to gain any
real understanding of the phenomena of language.
However profound or however trivial the questions we raise and try
answer - What exactly does one have to know to count as a speaker
of a language? What would it mean for a language to have no vowels?
Why do little children call lorries 'lollies'? Precisely what with
this sentence is wrong? - we need to recourse to a theory even to
make them coherent. In particular, the author argues that we can
find solutions to our puzzles, and explanations for these
phenomena, if we exploit on the one hand Chomsky's theory of
Generative Grammar, and on the other Sperber and Wilson's theory of
Relevance.
General
| Imprint: |
Blackwell Publishers
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
September 1989 |
| First published: |
1991 |
| Authors: |
N. Smith
|
| Dimensions: |
228 x 157 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
284 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-631-16926-0 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Language & Literature >
Language & linguistics >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-631-16926-1 |
| Barcode: |
9780631169260 |
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