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An ‘Information structure’ view of language1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2016

Wm. J. Baker*
Affiliation:
Department of Linguistics, University of Alberta

Extract

The Last twenty years of claims, counter-claims, and confusion in linguistic and psycholinguistic theory, and the accompanying proliferation of experimental literature without clear growth of knowledge has, if nothing else, demonstrated how remarkably little we can agree upon about language. We don’t seem able to decide on what it is, or where it is (‘out there’ or solely in the mind), let alone why it is. But, at least, our recent experiences have taught us something. We have learned a great deal about how not to proceed; and that, without cynicism, is a very important beginning.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Linguistic Association 1976

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Footnotes

1

The author is deeply indebted to his colleagues, Bruce L. Derwing and Gary D. Prideaux, for their extensive discussions on almost all of the issues presented in this paper.

References

1 The author is deeply indebted to his colleagues, Bruce L. Derwing and Gary D. Prideaux, for their extensive discussions on almost all of the issues presented in this paper.