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Knowledge and Language

Volume I From Orwell’s Problem to Plato’s Problem

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  • © 1993

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Editors:
  1. Eric Reuland

    1. Department of Linguistics, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands

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  2. Werner Abraham

    1. Department of German, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    • Eric Reuland, Werner Abraham
    Pages 1-10

  3. Reflections on Knowledge and Language

    • Eric Reuland
    Pages 11-27

  4. Mental Constructions and Social Reality

    • Noam Chomsky
    Pages 29-58

  5. Some Reflections on Our Sceptical Crisis

    • Harry M. Bracken
    Pages 59-70

  6. The “Least Effort” Principle in Child Grammar: Choosing a Marked Parameter

    • Thomas Roeper
    Pages 71-104

  7. The Emergence of Bound Variable Structures

    • Thomas Roeper, Jill De Villiers
    Pages 105-139

  8. Categories in the Parameters Perspective: Null Subjects and V-to-I

    • M. Rita Manzini
    Pages 141-155

  9. Linguistic Theory and Language Acquisition Facts: Reformulation, Maturation or Invariance of Binding Principles

    • Celia Jakubowicz
    Pages 157-184

  10. Universal Grammar and Learnability Theory: The Case of Binding Domains and the ‘Subset Principle’

    • Shyam Kapur, Barbara Lust, Wayne Harbert, Gita Martohardjono
    Pages 185-216

  11. The Subset Principle is an Intensional Principle

    • Kenneth Wexler
    Pages 217-239

  12. Lexical Access in Speech Production

    • Willem J. M. Levelt
    Pages 241-251

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 253-272
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About this book

1. BACKGROUND This volume is one of three which emerged from the Conference on Knowledge and Language, held from May 21-May 25, 1989, at the occasion of the 37 5th anniversary of the University of Groningen. Studying the relation between knowledge and language, one may distin­ guish two different lines of inquiry, one focussing on language as a body of knowledge, the other on language as a vehicle of knowledge. Approaching language as a body of knowledge one faces questions concerning its structure, and the relation with other types of knowledge. One will ask, then, how language is acquired and to what extent the acquisition of language and the structure of the language faculty model relevant aspects of other cognitive capacities. If language is approached as a vehicle for knowledge, the question comes up what enables linguistic entities to represent facts about the world. To what extent does this rely on conventional aspects of meaning? Is it possible for language, when used non-conventionally as in metaphors, to convey intersubjective knowledge? If so (and it does seem to be the case), one may wonder what makes this possible. The aim of this conference was to investigate the role of conceptual structure in cognitive processes, exploring it from the perspectives of philosophy of language, linguistics, political philosophy, psychology, liter­ ary theory, aesthetics, and the philosophy of science. The themes of these three volumes reflect the themes of the conference.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Linguistics, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Eric Reuland

  • Department of German, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

    Werner Abraham

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Knowledge and Language

  • Book Subtitle: Volume I From Orwell’s Problem to Plato’s Problem

  • Editors: Eric Reuland, Werner Abraham

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1840-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1993

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-4812-5Published: 29 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-1840-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 272

  • Topics: Applied Linguistics, Semantics, Philosophy, general

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