Norms and normativity in language and linguistics
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Aleksi Mäkilähde
Abstract
Underlying all the chapters of this volume are the concepts of norm and normativity. In this Introduction we set the stage for the individual chapters: first, by introducing certain basic concepts and relevant terminology; second, by briefly discussing the status of two types of norms in linguistics; third, by providing an overview of the role of normativity in the history of linguistics; and fourth, by presenting an outline of the volume and contextualising it in broader terms.
Abstract
Underlying all the chapters of this volume are the concepts of norm and normativity. In this Introduction we set the stage for the individual chapters: first, by introducing certain basic concepts and relevant terminology; second, by briefly discussing the status of two types of norms in linguistics; third, by providing an overview of the role of normativity in the history of linguistics; and fourth, by presenting an outline of the volume and contextualising it in broader terms.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Foreword vii
- Norms and normativity in language and linguistics 1
- Concerning the scope of normativity 29
- Norms of language 69
- A primer for linguistic normativists 103
- The normative basis of construal 125
- Language as a system of norms and the Voloshinovian critique of abstract objectivism 151
- Linguistic variation and change 183
- Intuition and beyond 213
- Norms of correctness and rationality in research on code-switching 235
- Index 269
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Foreword vii
- Norms and normativity in language and linguistics 1
- Concerning the scope of normativity 29
- Norms of language 69
- A primer for linguistic normativists 103
- The normative basis of construal 125
- Language as a system of norms and the Voloshinovian critique of abstract objectivism 151
- Linguistic variation and change 183
- Intuition and beyond 213
- Norms of correctness and rationality in research on code-switching 235
- Index 269
