Pattern and Process: A Whiteheadian perspective on linguistics

摘要: The purpose of this book is to illustrate the relevance linguistics today Whitehead’s philosophy organism. Although largely ignored by linguists, Whitehead has in fact much say as regards cognitive processes underpinning language pattern. His theory symbolism conceives ‘systematization expression’, and relates meaning feeling (in broadest sense). Whiteheadian perspective allows a synthesis psychological social approaches that does not fall into one or another fashionable form reductionism. volume represents first application thinking broad range linguistic phenomena, ranging from speech act production comprehension texts, acquisition historical change evolution language. It argued holistic uniquely suited view an emergent phenomenon — regardless whether one’s approach cognition via ‘nativist’ ‘functionalist’ route.