Linguistics Inside Out: Roy Harris and his critics (Current Issues in Linguistic Theory)

By Roy Harris

Roy Harris's thoroughgoing attack on the presuppositions underpinning the dominant traditions of Western thought about language, and his advocacy of a radically reconceived linguistics focused on the idea that the linguistic sign is contextually created and interpreted as a function of the meaningful integration of communicative behaviour, have made him one of the most controversial figures in the field today. In the essays in this volume Naomi S. Baron, Bob Borsley, Philip Carr, David Fleming, Rom Harr , Anthony Holiday, John E. Joseph, Frederick J. Newmeyer, David R. Olson, Trevor Pateman, John S ren Pettersson and John R. Taylor offer a critical examination of various aspects and implications of Harris's views, in reponse to which Harris contributes an article that both engages with his critics and develops some of the major themes of his work.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556198639
• ISBN13: 9781556198632
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 6.3"