Natural Language and Universal Grammar: Essays in Linguistic Theory

John Lyons

doi:10.1017/CBO9781139165877

John Lyons is recognized internationally as one of the most influential scholars in modern linguistics. This volume contains essays spanning many years of his thought and research, in addition to previously unpublished pieces. Chapters 2, 3 and 4 make their first appearance here, and set out the view of linguistics and linguistic theory which underlies the content of this and a (forthcoming) companion volume. The remaining six chapters have been either extensively revised or annotated to provide the reader with their historical context and to bring them into line with the author's current thinking.

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Frontmatter
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Preface
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Typographical conventions
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1 - Language, speech and writing
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2 - In defence of (so-called) autonomous linguistics
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3 - Linguistic theory and theoretical linguistics
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4 - Natural, non-natural and unnatural languages: English, Urdu and other abstractions
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5 - The origin of language, speech and languages
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6 - Phonemic and non-phonemic phonology: some typological reflections
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7 - Towards a ‘notional’ theory of the ‘parts of speech’
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8 - Deixis as the source of reference
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9 - Deixis and anaphora
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Appendix: The scientific study of language. Inaugural Lecture, Edinburgh, 1965
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Notes
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References
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Subject index
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-viii

Contents
pp ix-x

Preface
pp xi-xiv

Typographical conventions
pp xv-xvi

1 - Language, speech and writing
pp 1-11

2 - In defence of (so-called) autonomous linguistics
pp 12-26

3 - Linguistic theory and theoretical linguistics
pp 27-45

4 - Natural, non-natural and unnatural languages: English, Urdu and other abstractions
pp 46-72

5 - The origin of language, speech and languages
pp 73-95

6 - Phonemic and non-phonemic phonology: some typological reflections
pp 96-109

7 - Towards a ‘notional’ theory of the ‘parts of speech’
pp 110-145

8 - Deixis as the source of reference
pp 146-165

9 - Deixis and anaphora
pp 166-178

Appendix: The scientific study of language. Inaugural Lecture, Edinburgh, 1965
pp 179-201

Notes
pp 202-239

References
pp 240-277

Subject index
pp 278-286

Names index
pp 287-290

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