{"product_id":"linguistic-speculations-paperback-9780521174275","title":"Linguistic Speculations (Paperback) 9780521174275","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLinguistic Speculations\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1974 book is a personal survey by an eminent linguist, testing the adequacy of descriptive theories.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFred W. Householder (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521174275, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 3 March 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e368 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.54 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis 1974 book is a personal survey by an eminent linguist of most branches of linguistics, setting out its position, questioning some underlying assumptions, and in general testing the adequacy of descriptive theories. Though the underlying theory is basically that of transformational-generative linguistics, there are many queries and disagreements, some of which might be called structuralist in a broad sense, or even taxonomic. The particular problems chosen are those which have forced themselves on Professor Householder during a lifetime of reading, teaching and writing about linguistics, including the justification of linguistic research itself.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. The ultimate goals\u003cbr\u003e 2. Remembering and talking\u003cbr\u003e 3. What must a language be like?\u003cbr\u003e 4. Sounds\u003cbr\u003e 5. Sameness, similarity, analogy, rules and features\u003cbr\u003e 6. Mood, modality and illocution\u003cbr\u003e 7. On rules of grammar, ordered and unordered\u003cbr\u003e 8. Subgrammars, planes, levels and components\u003cbr\u003e 9. Phonemes and distinctive features: I\u003cbr\u003e 10. Phonemes and distinctive features: II\u003cbr\u003e 11. Discovery and testing: I phonology\u003cbr\u003e 12. Discovery and testing: II morphology, syntax, semantics\u003cbr\u003e 13. The primacy of writing\u003cbr\u003e 14. Accent, stress, prosodies and tonal features\u003cbr\u003e 15. Corrections, revisions and centos\u003cbr\u003e 16. Idiolect, dialect, linguistic change and the neogrammarian principle\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Linguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Linguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Linguistics%20%5BCF%5D%22\"\u003eCF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006758211864,"sku":"9780521174275","price":35.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521174275i_32c0251f-6cf7-4bcc-8019-a6d45c31e802.jpg?v=1691373005","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/linguistic-speculations-paperback-9780521174275","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}