Aleksi Mäkilähde

List of John Benjamins publications in which Aleksi Mäkilähde is involved.

Title

Normativity in Language and Linguistics

Edited by Aleksi Mäkilähde, Ville Leppänen and Esa Itkonen

This volume sets out to discuss the role of norms and normativity in both language and linguistics from a multiplicity of perspectives. These concepts are centrally important to the philosophy and methodology of linguistics, and their role and nature need to be investigated in detail. The chapters… read more

[Studies in Language Companion Series, 209] 2019. vii, 272 pp.

Articles

Mäkilähde, Aleksi 2019 Norms of correctness and rationality in research on code-switching Normativity in Language and Linguistics, Mäkilähde, Aleksi, Ville Leppänen and Esa Itkonen (eds.), pp. 235–268 | Chapter

Among different types of norms, two of perhaps the most relevant for linguistics are those of correctness and rationality. The aim of this chapter is to demonstrate the relevance of both to research on code-switching. I approach the topic from the perspective of the philosophy of linguistics in an… read more

Mäkilähde, Aleksi, Ville Leppänen and Esa Itkonen 2019 Norms and normativity in language and linguistics: Basic concepts and contextualisation Normativity in Language and Linguistics, Mäkilähde, Aleksi, Ville Leppänen and Esa Itkonen (eds.), pp. 1–28 | Chapter

Underlying all the chapters of this volume are the concepts of norm and normativity. In this Introduction we set the stage for the individual chapters: first, by introducing certain basic concepts and relevant terminology; second, by briefly discussing the status of two types of norms in… read more