Linguistic reflexivity and language-shaping: Countering representationalism in ecological research on language

IF 1.3 2区文学 Q2 COMMUNICATION

Language & Communication Pub Date : 2023-09-21 DOI:10.1016/j.langcom.2023.08.006

Talbot J. Taylor , Jasper C. van den Herik

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Abstract

Everyday metalinguistic ascriptions (“My name is Oliver”, “Swahili ng'ombe means cow”, “She lied about you”) seemingly attribute properties to phenomena of a distinctively linguistic ontology. However, non-representational approaches to cognition, such as ecological psychology, cannot accommodate this linguistic ontology without contravening their non-representational principles. An alternative might be to construe metalinguistic ascriptions as ‘folk’ fictions which are, strictly speaking, false. Yet this would render unintelligible the practical role that metalinguistic ascription occupies in everyday discourse. We suggest another alternative. By analogy to mindshaping approaches in folk-psychological debates, we propose a non-representational account of metalinguistic ascription as a form of language-shaping. Metalinguistic ascriptions shape language behavior over temporal and social scales by prospectively shaping discursive niches.

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语言反身性与语言塑造:语言生态学研究中的表征主义对抗

日常的元语言归因(“我叫奥利弗”，“斯瓦希里语ng’ombe的意思是奶牛”，“她在你身上撒了谎”)似乎将属性归因于一种独特的语言本体论现象。然而，非表征的认知方法，如生态心理学，不能在不违背其非表征原则的情况下适应这种语言本体论。另一种选择可能是将元语言归因解释为严格来说是错误的“民间”虚构。然而，这将使元语言归因在日常话语中所起的实际作用变得难以理解。我们建议另一种选择。通过类比民间心理学辩论中的思维塑造方法，我们提出了元语言归因作为语言塑造形式的非表征解释。元语言归因塑造语言行为在时间和社会尺度上的前瞻性塑造话语龛。

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Language & Communication Multiple-

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