Per Linell

The Written Language Bias in Linguistics

Its Nature, Origins and Transformations

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Linguists routinely emphasise the primacy of speech over writing. Yet, most linguists have analysed spoken language, as well as language in general, applying theories and methods that are best suited for written language. Accordingly, there is an extensive 'written language bias' in traditional and present day linguists and other language sciences. In this book, this point is argued with rich and convincing evidence from virtually all fields of linguistics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 164mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 603g
• ISBN-13: 9780415349925
• ISBN-10: 0415349923
• Artikelnr.: 21139211

Autorenporträt

Per Linell

Inhaltsangabe

Part One: Preliminaries 1. Introduction 2. From aspects of communicative
action to sets of abstract forms 3. Speech and writing, spoken and written
language 4. The written language bias in linguistics Part Two: The
Phenomenon and its Extension 5. The written language bias in 101 points
Part Three: Discussion 6. The transformations of some written
language-based themes 7. Critique of the written language bias arguments 8.
People's languages and linguists' grammars 9. The written language bias -
past, present, future