M Gustafsson

The Practice of Language M Gustafsson Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002 edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Philosophers and linguists tend to give undue priority to particular theoretical frameworks, many believing that such an approach constitutes a pattern to which any linguistic practice has to conform. Casting a critical eye on this tenet, this text casts doubt on the attempt to fit linguistic practice into a general theoretical mould. Table of Contents: Acknowledgments. Introduction. Part I: Historical Perspectives. On the Linguistic Turn in Philosophy; S. Stenlund. Humboldt: Grammatical Form and Weltansicht'; O. Gundersen. Language as Sign and Use: A Study of Certain Aspects of Saussure's View of Language; M. Gustavsson. Part II: Prejudiced Preconceptions: Notions of Language Within Linguistics and Feminist Epistemology. Expression and Content in Linguistic Theory; S. Ohman. The History of Swedish Grammar and Professor Chomsky; S. Haapamaki. How Ordinary is Ordinary Experience? Language in Feminist Epistemology and Philosophy of Science; S. Rider. Part III: The Practice of Meaning and Truth. Putnam on Truth; F. Stoutland. Meaning, Saying, Truth; M. Gustafsson. Part IV: Themes from Wittgenstein. Wittgenstein, Meursault and the Difficulty of Philosophy; P. Segerdahl. Wittgenstein, Logical Form and Grammatical Remarks; T. Johansson. On Rule-Following; J. Wilhelmi. Are We all Trapped in Nonsense? G. Steingrimsson. On the Need for a Listener and Community Standards; L. Hertzberg. References. Notes on the Contributors. Index."