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Peer reviewedLove, Nigel – Language and Communication, 1992
Advocates the application of Popper's ideas (1963, 1972) about the nature of science and objectivist epistemology to generativist linguistics, discussing the subsequent effects on five key metatheoretical positions: fallibilism; realism; objectivism; autonomism; and interactionism. (12 references) (CB)
Descriptors: Epistemology, Generative Grammar, Language Research, Linguistic Theory
Peer reviewedGoke-Pariola, Abiodun – Language and Communication, 1993
Examines Pierre Bourdieu's basic theory on language and criticisms of structuralism, transformational grammar, and the speech act theory as they appear in Language and Symbolic Power. Bourdieu's theories are applied to the colonial and postcolonial language situation in Nigeria. (JP)
Descriptors: Colonialism, Foreign Countries, Linguistic Theory, Speech Acts
