Aims to reorient the study of language by taking into serious consideration the perspective on linguistic matters taken by lay speakers themselves, as a response to the now inescapable conclusion that traditional linguistic theory, with its focus on revealing 'the facts of language in general', cannot handle the necessary indeterminacy of what is said and understood.
| ISBN: | 9781138868342 |
| Publication date: | 7th April 2015 |
| Author: | Hayley G Davis |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 218 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Advances in Communication and Linguistic Theory |
| Genres: |
Grammar, syntax and morphology |