In:From Grammar to Science: New Foundations for General Linguistics
Victor H. Yngve
[Not in series 80] 1996
► pp. v–vi
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Published online: 19 December 1996
https://doi.org/10.1075/z.80.toc
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Table of contents
Prefacevii
1. People, Sound Waves, and Illusions1
2. Traditions of Grammar and Science14
3. Should We Study Language or People?23
4. The Problem with Theories of Language34
5. The Depth Hypothesis47
6. How Can We Know What to Believe?64
7. Opportunities in the Physical Domain78
8. Standard Science93
9. Plans for Emigrating to the New World107
10. Linguistic Theories of People121
11. Properties in Theories of People134
12. Laws of Communicative Behavior146
13. A Scientifically Justified Notation161
14. Linguistic Theories of Groups176
15. Relations between Individuals and Groups189
16. The Group in Its Environment202
17. Types of Interaction between Groups217
18. The Structure of Communities231
19. Notations for the Control of Selection246
20. Notations for the Control of Sequence259
21. Evidence for the Structure of Context275
22. How Individuals Cope in Communities294
Summary308
Notes312
References332
Index340
