The Diversity and the Unity of Linguistics
Studies in Honour of Esa Itkonen
1st Edition
Published on 24. February 2026
410 pages
978-1-040-47760-1 (ISBN)
Description
Taking as its point of departure the research interests of Esa Itkonen, this volume draws together perspectives from linguistics, the philosophy and methodology of linguistics, and the history of linguistics to encourage critical reflection and further understanding on the nature of and connections between these disciplines.
The first part of the volume addresses the nature of language from different perspectives, examining some of its fundamental features and its connections to other phenomena. The second part engages in the question of how language should be studied by focusing on different methodological issues across a range of examples. The third part showcases the importance of looking back on the history and development of linguistics, while the typological and empirical studies in the fourth part demonstrate how linguistic methodology works in practice. A separate introductory chapter discusses interconnections between the three fields of research covered by the volume.
These sixteen contributions, featuring work from both eminent and emerging researchers, come together to illustrate the diversity and the unity of linguistics and to connect linguistics with its meta-research, making the volume relevant to all researchers within the various subdisciplines of linguistics.
The first part of the volume addresses the nature of language from different perspectives, examining some of its fundamental features and its connections to other phenomena. The second part engages in the question of how language should be studied by focusing on different methodological issues across a range of examples. The third part showcases the importance of looking back on the history and development of linguistics, while the typological and empirical studies in the fourth part demonstrate how linguistic methodology works in practice. A separate introductory chapter discusses interconnections between the three fields of research covered by the volume.
These sixteen contributions, featuring work from both eminent and emerging researchers, come together to illustrate the diversity and the unity of linguistics and to connect linguistics with its meta-research, making the volume relevant to all researchers within the various subdisciplines of linguistics.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
9 Tables, black and white; 6 Line drawings, black and white; 6 Illustrations, black and white
File size
200,34 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-040-47760-1 (9781040477601)
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Aleksi Maekilaehde | Tommi Alho | Anneli Pajunen
The Diversity and the Unity of Linguistics
Studies in Honour of Esa Itkonen
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€212.40
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Persons
Aleksi Maekilaehde is a Postdoctoral researcher at University of Helsinki, Finland.
Tommi Alho is a Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Turku, Finland.
Anneli Pajunen is a Professor at Tampere University, Finland.
Tommi Alho is a Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Turku, Finland.
Anneli Pajunen is a Professor at Tampere University, Finland.
Content
1. Unity in diversity and the nature of linguistics, Aleksi Maekilaehde & Tommi Alho, Part I: Understanding language as an object of research, 2. Language and ontology T. Givon, 3. Analogy as the core of language Philippe Monneret, 4. From the linguistic sign to cultural models Adam Glaz, 5. Meaning and use: Remarks on Esa Itkonen's theory of meaning Klaas Willems, Part II: Methodological questions in the subdisciplines of linguistics, 6. A nonpsychological realist conception of linguistic rules - take 2 Michael B. Kac, 7. Rationality and Conversation Analysis Tapani Moettoenen, 8. Thought experimentational pragmatics and imagination as a normative concept Andras Kertesz, 9. Analogy and analogical change Mikhail Voronov, Part III: Perspectives from the history of linguistics, 10. Foundations for a hermeneutic philosophy of the human sciences: Coseriu's and Itkonen's metatheoretical approaches to linguistics Araceli Lopez Serena, 11. The human mind and the theory of language: Discussion of the relationship between language and the human mind in 20th-century linguistics Urpo Nikanne, 12. The historical roots of the apparent time method Mikko Laasanen, 13. Analogy in the French lexicographic tradition (17th-19th centuries): Concept, definition, discursive background Carita Klippi, Part IV: Typological and empirical perspectives, 14. Zero-marking of evidentiality Seppo Kittilae, 15. Degrammaticalization drift in North Saami Jussi Ylikoski, 16. Processing transitivity in reading Finnish: The role of the lexicon and the primacy problem Seppo Vainio, Anneli Pajunen, Jukka Hyoenae & Raymond Bertram, Index
