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Zur Charakterisierung der Glossematik, 1968. Download.
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Semantics as an analysis of language-independent
reality, 1969. Download.
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Un conflit entre facteurs phonétiques et facteurs
fonctionells dans un texte en latin mérovingien, 1969. Download.
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Zwei verschiedene Versionen der
Bedeutungskomponente, 1970. Download.
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Concerning the relationship between linguistics and
logic, 1975. Download.
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The use and misuse of the principle of axiomatics in
linguistics, 1976. Download.
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Die Beziehung des Sprachwissens zum Sprachverhalten,
1976. Download.
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Was für eine Wissenschaft ist die Linguistik
eigentlich?, 1976. Download.
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The relation between grammar and sociolinguistics,
1977. Download.
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Causal models in linguistics, 1977. Download.
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Does combining the computer analogy with logical
semantics produce a theory of pragmatics?, 1979. Download.
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Qualitative vs. quantitative analysis in
linguistics, 1980. Download.
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Review article on On Explaining Language Change, by R. Lass, 1980. Download.
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Change of language as a prototype for change of
linguistics, 1981. Download.
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Rationality as an explanatory principle in
linguistics, 1981. Download.
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The concept of linguistic intuition, 1981. Download.
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Review of Language
and Other Abstract Objects, by J. Katz, 1983. Download.
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On the 'rationalist' conception of linguistic
change, 1984. Download.
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Concerning
the ontological question in linguistics, 1984. Download.
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Is
there a difference between Hegel's dialectical method and the explicative
method of analytical philosophy?, 1988. Download.
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A
critique of the ‘post-structuralist’ conception of language, 1988. Download.
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Review
of Language in Mind and Language in
Society, by T. Pateman, 1988. Download.
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Language,
thought, and culture in ‘post-modernism’: Some implications for general
historiography, 1989. Download.
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Fallacies
of deconstruction: Contradiction in literature and contradiction in
linguistics, 1991. Download.
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Causation,
1993. Download.
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Hermeneutics,
1993. Download.
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Iconicity,
analogy, and universal grammar, 1994. Download.
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Parallel
developments in Finno-Ugric linguistics and in Indo-European linguistics, 1995.
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Review
of The Languages of the Mind: Essays on
Mental Representation, by R. Jackendoff, 1995. Download.
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Is
there a ‘computational paradigm’ in linguistics?, 1996. Download.
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Concerning
the generative paradigm, 1996. Download.
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The
social ontology of linguistic meaning, SKY, 1997. Download.
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Concerning
the status of implicational universals, 1998. Download.
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On
(sign) language, music, and anti-modularity, 1998. Download.
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Functionalism
yes, biologism no, 1999. Download.
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Tolkaappiyam: The basic work of ancient Tamil
language and culture, 2000. Download.
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The
relation of non-Western approaches to linguistic typology, 2001. Download.
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Concerning
the universality of the noun vs. verb distinction, 2001. Download.
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Concernign
the philosophy of phonology, 2001. Download.
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Grammaticalization
as an analogue of hypothetico-deductive thinking, 2002. Download.
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Linguistics
as a system of distinct types of ontology-cum-epistemology,
2002. Download.
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Concerning
the analogy between oral languages and sign languages, 2002. Download.
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A
case system with optional and interchangeable endings, 2003. Download.
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Typological
explanation and iconicity, 2004. Download.
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Concerning
(Radical) Construction Grammar, 2006. Download.
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Three
fallacies that recur in linguistic argumentation, 2006. Download.
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Review
of Context as other minds: The pragmatics
of sociality, cognition and communication, by T. Givón, 2005. Download.
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The
true nature of typological linguistics, 2007. Download.
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The
blind spot of contemporary typological linguistics: The role of zero. 2008, LCM
3, Odense. Download.
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Concerning
the role of consciousness in linguistics, 2008. Download.
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Remarks
on the typology of Uralic languages, 2008. Download.
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L’explication
des faits de langue et des faits de linguistique, 2008. Download.
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The
central role of normativity in language and linguistics, 2008. Download.
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(with
Anneli Pajunen) A few remarks on World
Atlas of Language Structures, 2008. Download.
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Concerning
Dahl’s (2004) notion of ‘linguistic complexity’, 2009. Download.
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Concerning
the role of induction in typological linguistics, 2010. Download.
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Philosophy of linguistics, 2011. Download.
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On Coseriu’s legacy, 2011. Download.
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Simplicity vs. complexity, 2011. Download.
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Remarks
on the typology of adpositions, 2011. Download.
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Explaining
the central weakness of ordinary language philosophy, 2011. Download.
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Are
we justified to impose the Indo-European interpretative grid on complex
sentences of ‘exotic’ languages? – No! 2011. Download.
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La linguistique est-elle une science déductive? 2012.
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On explanation in linguistics, 2013/2014.
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Remarks on analogy, 2014.
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Remarks on Panini's grammar, 2014.
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La résurgence contemporaine de la linguistique analogique, 2015.
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Le rôle du zéro en linguistique typologique, 2015.
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Concerning the role of derivation in grammar, 2015.
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An assessment of (mentalist) cognitive semantics, 2016.
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Pour l'analogie, 2016.
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"The whole is greater than the sum of its parts" – True, false or meaningless? 2017.
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In defense of traditional semantics (and against all-out psychologism), 2018.
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Concerning the role of imagination in linguistics, philosophy, and logic, 2018.
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