Abstractions and idealisations: the construction of modern linguistics
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| Publication date | 08-2011 |
| Journal | Theoretical Linguistics |
| Volume | Issue number | 37 | 1/2 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-26 |
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| Abstract | The paper addresses the way in which modern linguistics, − in particular, but not exclusively, the generative tradition − , has constructed its core concepts. It argues that a particular form of construction, reminiscent of, but crucially different from, abstraction, which is dubbed ‘idealisation’, plays a central role here. The resemblances and differences between abstractions and idealisations are investigated, and consequences of the reliance on idealisations are reviewed. |
| Document type | Article |
| Note | ©2011 Walter de Gruyter |
| Language | English |
| Published at | https://doi.org/10.1515/THLI.2011.001 |
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