A Historical Survey into the Origins of Lambian Linguistics
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https://doi.org/10.48162/rev.57.019Keywords:
Stratificational Grammar, Relational Network Theory, neurocognitivism, reality, modeling, origins, LambAbstract
Although Sydney Lamb is now recognized as a neurolinguist, his quest for the actual nature of linguistic systems largely antedates his work in neurolinguistics. This paper offers a historical survey of the origins of Lambs theory, before matters of neurological implementation were even considered. First, a sketch is given of the main steps and theoretical requirements in neurocognitive linguistics. Then, a summary is offered of Lamb's refutation of procedural orientation and descriptive processes in linguistic description. Next, the origins of Stratificational Grammar and Relational Network Theory are briefly discussed. Finally, the conclusion states that if Lambs theory now proves neurologically plausible, it is because its exclusively linguistic foundations deviate from the mainstream proposals of the mid-twentieth century, and were erected instead on unbiased empirical bases.
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