System, order, creativity : models of the human in twentieth-century linguistic theories
Document Type
Dissertation
Publication Date
2014
Publisher
University of Hong Kong
Abstract
Zhou’s thesis demonstrates how the image of “man” is represented in twentieth-century linguistic theories. She analyzes several of the field’s canonical works with a focus on three themes: linguistic system and the individual speaker, social order, and linguistic creativity. Through an investigation of landmark linguistics theories and methodologies including structural linguistics, generative linguistics, psycholinguistics, and discourse analysis, she demonstrates that more open-ended approaches (that study corpus and discourse), by emphasizing human creativity and reflexivity, prove better in capturing situated language use.
Additional Information
Dissertation (Ph.D.)--University of Hong Kong, 2014.
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Zhou, F. (2014). System, order, creativity: Models of the human in twentieth-century linguistic theories (Doctoral dissertation). University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10722/202354