Bücher der Reihe Routledge Advances in Communication and Linguistic Theory

The two inter-linked volumes of Thibault¿s study articulate crucially important aspects of an emerging new perspective shift on language - the Distributed Language view ¿ that is now receiving more and more attention internationally.

Examines the old debate about the relationship between rationality and literacy. This title challenges the received mainstream opinion that reason is an intrinsic property of the human mind, and argues that the whole Western conception of rational thought is a by-product of the way literacy developed in European cultures.

There is an extensive 'written language bias' in traditional and present day linguists and other language sciences. In this book, this point is argued with rich and convincing evidence from virtual all fields of linguistics.

This text aims to reorient the study of language by taking into serious consideration the perspective on linguistic matters taken by lay speakers themselves. It focuses on the uses to which English speakers, on the one hand, and linguistic theorists, on the other, put the word "word".

Explores assumptions in western theories of language and linguistics, highlighting the pivotal role of the language myth in the history of western culture.

Rethinks the aims and methods of contemporary linguistics. Uses integrationist theory to exemplify how langauge users become language makers.

Exploring the nature of possible relationships between Integrational Linguistics and Southern Epistemologies, this volume examines various ways in which Integrational Linguistics can be used to support the decolonizing interests of Southern Epistemologies.