Re: Language versus concept

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From: DKleinecke
Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 21:13

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On Sep 6, 1:35 pm, "Peter T. Daniels" <gramma...@verizon.net> wrote:
> On Sep 6, 2:51 pm, "Glen M. Sizemore" <gmsizemo...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > "Peter T. Daniels" <gramma...@verizon.net> wrote in

> > > Since language is "the social art," the study of the use of language
> > > in society is a rather important part of the study of language.
>
> > Yeah, but it is largely orthogonal to the behavior of individuals. Not
> > irrelevant - just orthogonal.
>
> Exactly.
>
> You're not interested in the purpose and function of language (viz.,
> solidarity and communication), so you can offer little insight into
> language.

I snipped the rest because this seems to be an excellent little
summary of the problem. Unless I misunderstand the current behaviorist
position (which I believe Skinner did not share) the individual is
assumed to be a solipsistic (or very nearly one) entity impinged upon
by a host of stimulii and attempting to respond. There seems to be no
room here for concepts like culture and community.

I read Skinner years ago and I thought he might have something to
contribute to linguistics although most of the behavior he considered
was far more primitive than speech. For example, what happens when a
person realizes that, in their understanding of a sentence, they have
been led down a garden path?

Unless they can broaden their outlook I fear the behaviorist are going
remain a quaint survival from the 1950's.

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Subject: Re: Language versus concept
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