Abstraction and Instance: The Type-Token Relation in Linguistic Theory

by Christopher Hutton and Christopher M. Hutton

The intuitive acceptability of the type-token relation has led linguists and philosophers to underestimate how complex the question of defining this relation is. Consequently the type-token relation has been taken for granted but left unexplicated in modern linguistic theory. The book aims to lead the reader to the perception of a problem fundamental to our understanding of language, yet largely concealed by a strong intuition about linguistic sameness...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0080402569
• ISBN13: 9780080402567
• Release Date: May 1990
• Publisher: Pergamon
• Length: 180 Pages