Integrational Linguistics and Philosophy of Language in the Global South

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Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Contents List of Illustrations Contributors Preface Introduction: Introducing integrational linguistics Objectives of Integrational Linguistics Integrational Linguistic perspectives on communication Parameters in Communication Chapter summaries References 1. Edward said, Roy asked, and the peasant responded: Reflections on peasants, popular culture, and intellectuals J'accuse: Orientations Respondeo etsi mutabor: Roy Harris and the peasant Ich bin kein Berliner: Embracing the other without debasing oneself Amo, Amas, Amat ... References Q&A: David Bade 2. Three critical perspectives on the ontology of "language" "Language" as a myth? The multiple natures of "language" A theory of communication rather than a theory of "language" Adultocentrism: A challenge for integrationism and southern theory? Notes References Q&A: Adrian Pablé 3. Integrationism, individualism, and personalism: The politics of essentialism Systems theory Macrosocial politics? Expertise and the linguist Models of the self The politics of anti-essentialism The polarity between the English language and indigenous languages Integrationism and the self Conclusion References Q&A: Christopher Hutton 4. A clash of linguistic philosophies? Charles Goodwin's "co-operative action" in integrationist perspective The linguistics of 'co-operative action' Integrational Linguistics: Indeterminacy and reflexivity Understanding the cultural conditions of linguistic reflexivity Notes References Q&A: Peter E. Jones & Dorthe Duncker 5. Text annotations: Examining evidence for a multisemiotic instinct and the intertextuality of the sign in a database of pristine self-directed communication A theory of multisemioticity Text annotations: Overview of a unique database Method Results and discussion Conclusion: Implications and a southern epistemological footnote Acknowledgment References Q&A: Bassey Antia & Lynn Mafofo 6. The semiological implications of knowledge ideologies: A Harrisian perspective The language myth and Eurocentrism: Two sides of the same coin The postmodernist chorus of integrationism and the Global South The predicament besetting integrationism and the Global South Conclusion References Q&A: Xuan Fang 7. Rhetoric and integrationism: In search of rapprochement Linking rhetoric to integrationism: The mutual critique of instrumentalism, segregation, and telementation Toward integrative rhetoric Conclusion Notes References Q&A: Kundai Chirindo 8. Integrationism and postcolonialism: Convergences or divergences? An integrational discussion on ethnocentricity and the (post)colonial translation myth Are integrationism and postcolonialism compatible? Communication decontextualized in the (post)colonial translation discourse The western translation façade Postcolonial literalism Antropofagia The divide between integrationism and postcolonialism: More on ethnocentricity The ethnocentric language myth as (post)colonialists' mainstay Relativism and subjectivity: Postcolonialism versus integrationism Notes References Q&A: Sinead Kwok Reference 9. Integrationism and the Global South: Songs as epistemic frameworks Songs as an ontological framework for language in the indigenous context Songs as an ontological framework: Toward a southern integrationism Conclusion Notes References 10. Words and other currencies Currencies and monetary values Semantic features of word- and sentence-tokens Two serious objections to semantic illusionism Possible responses to these objections A possible ramification of the empirical inaccessibility of semantic contents Notes References Q&A: Cory Juhl 11. Beyond IL: Languaging without languages Similarities and differences between IL and a theory of languaging without languages Languaging Entrenchment Conventionalization Vernacularization Emergent complex systems and the A-Curve Ideology and theory making Languaging without languages and Southern Theory Conclusion Notes References Index