Linguistic realities : an autonomist metatheory for the generative enterprise /
Philip Carr.
- Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990.
- ix, 157 p. ; 24 cm.
- Cambridge studies in linguistics ; 53 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 150-155) and index.
Introduction; Part I. The Methodological Question: 1. The case for realism; 2. A realist philosophy of linguistics; 3. Instrumentalism in linguistics; Part II. The Ontological Question: 4. Linguistic objects as psychological realities; 5. Linguistic objects as social realities; 6. Linguistic objects as abstract objective realities; Concluding remarks; Notes; References; Index.