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Innovation in Linguistics by COSE (08): Arie Verhagen

Topic: Evolution in Linguistics: Theoretical Innovation, Metonymy, and Miscommunication Abstract: Conceptual innovations in any science (especially ‘paradigm shifts’ in the sense of Kuhn 1969) come with changes in the meaning of (some of the) words and phrases in terms of which analyses and explanations in that field are formulated. Linguistics is no exception. But linguistics is in the peculiar position that it comprises the study of the meaning of linguistic items such as words and phrases, and the way the meanings of items change. In this paper, I will first of all demonstrate how some very basic insights into linguistic-semantic concepts, especially the concept of metonymy, shed light on the risk of miscommunication in a scientific field during a period of innovation. Paradoxically, these risks are instantiated in a number of controversies in the field of linguistics itself, starting in the 19th and continuing up to the 21st century, that were triggered by the emergence of the Darwinian approach to evolution. The paper ends by exploring a recent theoretical innovation –the ‘usage-based’ approach, especially its most recent variants– that holds a promise for overcoming the controversies, provided theoretical linguists accept that theoretical terminology also in their own field is to be semantically more precise than in everyday language use, and it formulates proposals for the precise meaning of some fundamental linguistic terms. ____________________________________________________________________ A peer-reviewed international journal, Cognitive Semantics (brill.com/cose) takes the relationship between meaning and mind as its central concern. It welcomes submission of unpublished research from all theoretical orientations in linguistics. It is also intended to be a forum for scholars in related fields – such as psychology, anthropology, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, philosophy, and education – to disseminate their work studying the many and varied aspects of human cognition. Founding Editor, Editor-in-Chief: Fuyin (Thomas) Li, Beihang University, Beijing, China Consulting Editors: George Lakoff, Prof. em., University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA Ronald Langacker, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, California, USA Leonard Talmy, Prof. em., State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA Associate Editors: Jürgen Bohnemeyer, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA Ad Foolen, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands Dylan Glynn, University of Paris 8, Vincennes – St. Denis, Paris, France Martin Hilpert, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez, University of La Rioja, Logroño, Spain Robert D. Rupert, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA Review Editor: Mª Sandra Peña Cervel, Universidad de La Rioja, Spain The Journal Homepage: brill.com/cose Submission Website: https://www.editorialmanager.com/cose... Email: cogjournal@buaa.edu.cn WeChat Public Account: 认知语义学 Twitter: @COSE_journal; @Thomas32462042