Christina Behme

List of John Benjamins publications in which Christina Behme is involved.

Title

Essays on Linguistic Realism

Edited by Christina Behme and Martin Neef

This book contains new articles by leading philosophers and linguists discussing a promising philosophical framework distinct from currently dominant ones: Linguistic Realism. As opposed to Nominalism and Chomskyian Conceptualism, this approach distinguishes between use of language, knowledge of… read more

[Studies in Language Companion Series, 196] 2018. xiii, 300 pp.

Articles

Behme, Christina 2018 Chapter 4. The relevance of realism for language evolution theorizing Essays on Linguistic Realism, Behme, Christina and Martin Neef (eds.), pp. 61–78 | Chapter

It may appear counterintuitive to suggest a connection between language evolution and linguistic realism. Only biological objects evolve but linguistic realism holds that natural languages are abstract objects. However, given the fact that currently no approach to language evolution can account… read more

Behme, Christina and Martin Neef 2018 Introduction to Essays on Linguistic Realism Essays on Linguistic Realism, Behme, Christina and Martin Neef (eds.), pp. vii–xiv | Chapter