The origin and nature of the linguistic parasite
- 1. The functionalist’s view: linguistic forms are instruments used to convey meaningful elements. This is the basis of European structuralism. 2. The formalist’s view: linguistic forms are abstract structures which can be filled with meaningful elements. This is the basis of generative grammar. 3. The parasitologist’s view: linguistic forms are vehicles for the reproduction of meaningful elements. This is the view which I advocated twenty years ago in the Festschrift for Werner Winter’s 60th birthday (1985). Here I intend to discuss the evolutionary origin and the physiological nature of the linguistic parasite. My theory of language is wholly consistent with Gerald Edelman’s theory of neuronal group selection.
Author: | Frederik H. H. KortlandtGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-1156878 |
URL: | http://www.kortlandt.nl/publications/art206e.pdf |
Parent Title (German): | Language in time and space [Fs. Winter] |
Publisher: | Mouton |
Place of publication: | Berlin |
Document Type: | Part of a Book |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2010/07/07 |
Year of first Publication: | 2003 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Release Date: | 2010/07/07 |
GND Keyword: | Evolutionstheorie |
Page Number: | 4 |
First Page: | 241 |
Last Page: | 244 |
Note: | Korrigierte Version , zuerst in: Language in time and space [Fs. Winter]. - Berlin: Mouton, 2003, S. 241-244 |
Source: | http://www.kortlandt.nl/publications/art206e.pdf ; (in:) Language in time and space [Fs. Winter]. - Berlin: Mouton, 2003, S. 241-244 |
HeBIS-PPN: | 264632826 |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 4 Sprache / 40 Sprache / 400 Sprache |
Sammlungen: | Linguistik |
Linguistik-Klassifikation: | Linguistik-Klassifikation: Sprachtheorie / Theory of language |
Licence (German): | Deutsches Urheberrecht |