Integrational Linguistics and Philosophy of Language in the Global South

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