Grammatical Theory and Metascience

A Critical Investigation Into the Methodological and Philosophical Foundations of "autonomous" Linguistics

• Author(s): Esa Itkonen,
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
• Pages: 355
• ISBN_13: 9789027209061
  ISBN_10: 9027209065
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Grammar & Punctuation ,

Description:... In this book, the author analyses the nature of the science of grammar. After presenting some methodological and historical background, he sets forth a theory of language and of grammar, showing that the science of grammar is not an empirical, but a normative science, comparable to logic and philosophy, characterized by the use of the method of explication.