The Diversity and the Unity of Linguistics

1. Unity in diversity and the nature of linguistics, Aleksi M¤kil¤hde & Tommi Alho, Part I: Understanding language as an object of research, 2. Language and ontology T. Giv³n, 3. Analogy as the core of language Philippe Monneret, 4. From the linguistic sign to cultural models Adam GÅaz, 5. Meaning and use: Remarks on Esa Itkonenâs theory of meaning Klaas Willems, Part II: Methodological questions in the subdisciplines of linguistics, 6. A nonpsychological realist conception of linguistic rules â" take 2 Michael B. Kac, 7. Rationality and Conversation Analysis Tapani M¶tt¶nen, 8. Thought experimentational pragmatics and imagination as a normative concept Andr¡s Kert©sz, 9. Analogy and analogical change Mikhail Voronov, Part III: Perspectives from the history of linguistics, 10. Foundations for a hermeneutic philosophy of the human sciences: Coseriuâs and Itkonenâs metatheoretical approaches to linguistics Araceli L³pez Serena, 11. The human mind and the theory of language: Discussion of the relationship between language and the human mind in 20th-century linguistics Urpo Nikanne, 12. The historical roots of the apparent time method Mikko Laasanen, 13. Analogy in the French lexicographic tradition (17thâ"19th centuries): Concept, definition, discursive background Carita Klippi, Part IV: Typological and empirical perspectives, 14. Zero-marking of evidentiality Seppo Kittil¤, 15. Degrammaticalization drift in North Saami Jussi Ylikoski, 16. Processing transitivity in reading Finnish: The role of the lexicon and the primacy problem Seppo Vainio, Anneli Pajunen, Jukka Hy¶n¤ & Raymond Bertram, Index