CONTENTS
List of Figures and Tables = ⅸ
Preface = xi
Acknowledgments = xvii
PART ONE = 1
Ⅰ The Unity of Linguistics = 3
Ⅰ.0 Synopsis = 3
Ⅰ.1 System versus Unit = 3
Ⅰ.2 Rule and Class = 5
Ⅰ.3 Formal and Random = 6
Ⅰ.4 Linguistic Universals = 7
Ⅰ.5 Signifi e ´ and Signifiant = 7
Ⅰ.6 Frame of Analysis = 8
Ⅱ Experimentation in Linguistics = 11
Ⅱ.0 Synopsis = 11
Ⅱ.1 Necessity of Experimentation = 11
Ⅱ.2 Problems of Experimentation = 13
Ⅱ.3 Implications of Communicative Function = 13
Ⅱ.4 Access to the Data = 15
Ⅱ.5 Corpus = 16
Ⅱ.6 Survey = 18
Ⅱ.7 Relativity of Structure: Hierarchy and Fuzziness = 19
Ⅱ.8 Implications of Relativity = 20
Ⅲ On Some Syntactico-Semantic Problems = 23
Ⅲ.0 Synopsis = 23
Ⅲ.1 Syntax, Semantics, and their Relations = 23
Ⅲ.2 Should We Drop the Syntactic Component? = 26
Ⅲ.3 Outstanding Syntactic Problems: Other Examples = 29
Ⅲ.4 Semantic Analysis = 33
Ⅲ.5 Phonological and Semantic Analyses = 34
Ⅲ.6 Semantics, Syntax, and Cognition = 36
Ⅲ.7 Laxity of Structure of the Signifi e ´ = 38
Ⅳ Toward an Experimentally Based Model for Linguistics = 41
Ⅳ.0 Synopsis = 41
Ⅳ.1 Atomism and Globalism = 41
Ⅳ.2 Further Remarks on Experimentation = 43
Ⅳ.3 A Methodological Framework = 45
Ⅳ.4 Social Hierarchy = 46
Ⅳ.5 Psychic Hierarchy = 48
Ⅳ.6 Extrinsic(or External) Hierarchy = 48
Ⅳ.7 Frequency = 52
Ⅳ.8 Integration = 53
Ⅳ.9 Intrinsic Hierarchy: Relation Frequency/Integration = 54
Ⅳ.10 Central and Marginal Zones = 56
Ⅳ.11 Perspectives = 57
PART TWO = 59
Ⅴ Outstanding Problems in Syntax = 61
Ⅴ.0 Synopsis = 61
Ⅴ.1 The State of the Art = 61
Ⅴ.2 Unresolved Questions and their Significance = 66
Ⅴ.3 Class and Function = 69
Ⅴ.4 Identification of Minimal Significant Units = 81
Ⅴ.5 Other Residual Problems in Syntax = 97
Ⅵ More about Semantics: Feasibility and Perspectives = 103
Ⅵ.0 Synopsis = 103
Ⅵ.1 The Semantic jungle = 104
Ⅵ.2 The Object of the Study of the Signifi e ´ = 104
Ⅵ.3 Limits of the Analysis = 107
Ⅵ.4 interdependence of the Concepts: Features, Fields, and Context = 111
Ⅵ.5 The Complexity of Semantic Phenomena and the Relevance Continuum = 112
Ⅵ.6 Relativity of the Structure of the Signifi e ´ = 114
Ⅵ.7 A Draft for a Detailed Analysis of the Signifi e ´ = 115
Ⅵ.8 Hierarchy of Fields and Concepts = 117
Ⅵ.9 Function and Structure = 118
Ⅵ.10 Grammatical Semantics = 120
Ⅵ.11 Relevant Semantic Features in Grammar = 121
Ⅵ.12 Semantic Fields in Grammar? = 127
Ⅵ.13 Context in Grammar = 128
Ⅵ.14 Problems Raised by Grammatical Semantics = 130
Ⅶ Some Issues and Perspectives in Linguistic Experiment = 147
Ⅶ.0 Synopsis = 147
Ⅶ.1 Preliminary Remarks = 147
Ⅶ.2 Scientific Experiments: Conditions and Objectivity = 149
Ⅶ.3 Linguistic Experimentation: Its Scope, Achievements, and Perspectives = 157
Ⅷ Conclusion: Language, Its Structure and Use = 185
Ⅷ.0 Purpose of this Work = 185
Ⅷ.1 Language Structure = 185
Ⅷ.2 Structure versus Usage = 186
Ⅷ.3 Object and Method of Linguistics = 190
Ⅷ.4 Theoretical Differences = 191
Ⅷ.5 Epistemological Positions = 192
Ⅷ.6 Integration of Experimentation into the Model = 193
Ⅷ.7 Object Complexity and Model Multiplicity = 194
Ⅷ.8 Descriptive Simplicity versus Empirical Adequacy = 195
Ⅷ.9 Achievements and Current Issues = 198
Ⅷ.10 Phonological Structure versus Semantic Structure = 199
Ⅷ.11 What the Relative Conception Changes in our View of Language = 200
Notes = 205
References = 219
Index = 227
