Cognitive metaphor research is characterized by the diversity of rival theories. Starting from this observation, the paper focuses on the problem of how the unity and diversity of cognitive theories of metaphor can be accounted for. The first part of the paper outlines a suitable metascientific approach which emerges as a modification of B. von…

Discusses the evolution of linguistic research in an attempt to delineate the place of sociolinguistics in the language sciences sphere. (EKN)

Dedicates this issue of "Language Sciences" to Roy Harris, former Professor of Linguistics at Oxford University, on the occasion of his 65th birthday. The article points out that because of Harris's writing style and arguments, he is viewed as a skeptic, who approaches any topic from the perspective of philosophy rather than that of…

Suggests that humanism and science are combined as non-antithetical studies whenever language and/or culture is dealt with. This combination exists in anthropological linguistics. (Author/LG)

Argues against the idea that phonetic representation and phonological representation are related to each other by computational transformation, based on analysis of the philosophical presuppositions of the concept "representation" and made from the perspective of phenomenology, not cognitive science. An alternative approach to phonology is…

It has usually been psycholinguistics which has accommodated itself to alterations within linguistic formulations, but now there is a growing independence on the part of many psychologists in the study of language. The shift in emphasis is from competence to performance. (POP)

Examines the traditional characterization of the process of verb formation in Sinhala (Singhalese) and the interaction between grammar components involved in the process. Compares this with a new approach, and presents an attempt at formulating derivation rules. The basic assumption is that a more integrated approach to the grammar yields a more…