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Publication Date: 2011
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Do Non-Linguists Practice Linguistics?: An Anti-Eliminative Approach to Folk Theories
Paveau, Marie-Anne
AILA Review, v24 p40-54 2011
This contribution discusses two issues: (a) it provides a definition and an analysis of the term "non-linguist", which is conceptualized as a non-discrete category on a continuum and as an activity rather than as a permanent status, and (b) it discusses the general value of folk linguistic theories, which should not, despite their potential imperfections, be a priori excluded from but rather integrated into the scientific data of linguistics. The article will also present a provisional typology of folk linguistic positions based on recent empirical research on folk linguistics conducted by the author. Finally, a plea is made for a new description of the object of linguistics, incorporating the different varieties and degrees of linguistic knowledge ranging from scientific to folk conceptions. (Contains 12 notes.)
Descriptors: Linguistics, Linguistic Theory, Folk Culture, Definitions, Classification, Language Research
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