Integrational Linguistics and Philosophy of Language in the Global South

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
List of Illustrations
Contributors
Preface
Introduction: Introducing integrational linguistics
Objectives of Integrational Linguistics
Integrational Linguistic perspectives on communication
Parameters in Communication
Chapter summaries
References
1. Edward said, Roy asked, and the peasant responded: Reflections on peasants, popular culture, and intellectuals
J'accuse: Orientations
Respondeo etsi mutabor: Roy Harris and the peasant
Ich bin kein Berliner: Embracing the other without debasing oneself
Amo, Amas, Amat ...
References
Q&A: David Bade
2. Three critical perspectives on the ontology of "language"
"Language" as a myth?
The multiple natures of "language"
A theory of communication rather than a theory of "language"
Adultocentrism: A challenge for integrationism and southern theory?
Notes
References
Q&A: Adrian Pablé
3. Integrationism, individualism, and personalism: The politics of essentialism
Systems theory
Macrosocial politics?
Expertise and the linguist
Models of the self
The politics of anti-essentialism
The polarity between the English language and indigenous languages
Integrationism and the self
Conclusion
References
Q&A: Christopher Hutton
4. A clash of linguistic philosophies? Charles Goodwin's "co-operative action" in integrationist perspective
The linguistics of 'co-operative action'
Integrational Linguistics: Indeterminacy and reflexivity
Understanding the cultural conditions of linguistic reflexivity
Notes
References
Q&A: Peter E. Jones & Dorthe Duncker
5. Text annotations: Examining evidence for a multisemiotic instinct and the intertextuality of the sign in a database of pristine self-directed communication
A theory of multisemioticity
Text annotations: Overview of a unique database
Method
Results and discussion
Conclusion: Implications and a southern epistemological footnote
Acknowledgment
References
Q&A: Bassey Antia & Lynn Mafofo
6. The semiological implications of knowledge ideologies: A Harrisian perspective
The language myth and Eurocentrism: Two sides of the same coin
The postmodernist chorus of integrationism and the Global South
The predicament besetting integrationism and the Global South
Conclusion
References
Q&A: Xuan Fang
7. Rhetoric and integrationism: In search of rapprochement
Linking rhetoric to integrationism: The mutual critique of instrumentalism, segregation, and telementation
Toward integrative rhetoric
Conclusion
Notes
References
Q&A: Kundai Chirindo
8. Integrationism and postcolonialism: Convergences or divergences? An integrational discussion on ethnocentricity and the (post)colonial translation myth
Are integrationism and postcolonialism compatible?
Communication decontextualized in the (post)colonial translation discourse
The western translation façade
Postcolonial literalism
Antropofagia
The divide between integrationism and postcolonialism: More on ethnocentricity
The ethnocentric language myth as (post)colonialists' mainstay
Relativism and subjectivity: Postcolonialism versus integrationism
Notes
References
Q&A: Sinead Kwok
Reference
9. Integrationism and the Global South: Songs as epistemic frameworks
Songs as an ontological framework for language in the indigenous context
Songs as an ontological framework: Toward a southern integrationism
Conclusion
Notes
References
10. Words and other currencies
Currencies and monetary values
Semantic features of word- and sentence-tokens
Two serious objections to semantic illusionism
Possible responses to these objections
A possible ramification of the empirical inaccessibility of semantic contents
Notes
References
Q&A: Cory Juhl
11. Beyond IL: Languaging without languages
Similarities and differences between IL and a theory of languaging without languages
Languaging
Entrenchment
Conventionalization
Vernacularization
Emergent complex systems and the A-Curve
Ideology and theory making
Languaging without languages and Southern Theory
Conclusion
Notes
References
Index