Language constructing language: the implications of re¯exivity for linguistic theory  

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Taylor, Talbot J.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Language Sciences (Full Text) vol. 22 no. 4 (2000), page 483-499.
Topik: Linguistic re¯exivity; Metalanguage; Writing; Metapragmatics; Language development
Fulltext: 22_04_Taylor.pdf (141.49KB)

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The re¯exive (meta-linguistic) properties of language are typically represented as supplemental and inessential. Language, so the story goes, could get along perfectly well without them. The characteristics of language are independent of re¯exive discourse Ð independent of how in metadiscourse we talk about language and its characteristics. This paper challenges this web of received opinion by asking: What might `®rst-order' language be like if there were no way to talk, write, or sign about it Ð that is, if there were no `second order' metalanguage? By considering the consequences for writing, translation, pragmatics, semantics, and language acquisition and evolution, the conclusion arrived at is that without `second-order', re¯exive properties, `®rst order' language itself could not exist.

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