Investigations of Explanatory Strategies in Linguistics - Hardcover

by Lukás Zámečník (Author)

Linguistic theories often suffer from the dilemma that their explanatory power is based on extra-linguistic assumptions. The book delineates the essence of linguistic theory and linguistic explanation and, in doing so, proposes a solution to the dilemma. Simultaneously, the book is one of the first attempts to profile the philosophy of linguistics as a distinct sub-discipline of the contemporary philosophy of science.

Author Biography

Lukás Zámečník, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic.