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article · Acta Linguistica Hafniensia · 1973

Towards an adequate formalization of linguistic descriptions

Didier L. Goyvaerts

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Abstract

We are often expected to consider the notion of formalization in direct relation to linguistic material. Although such a relation ought to be established, it will be argued that basically any such approach is incorrect. A real discussion of the role of formalization in linguistic description should not be carried out in terms of examples from some natural language, but rather in terms of the notion ‘formal model’ operating on the level of theory construction; that is, a model for linguistic theory which at the same time illustrates a form of mental organization. 1 S. Ginsburg and B. Partee, A Mathematical Model of Transformational Grammars, Systems Development Corporation, Santa Monica, California (1968), and also H. Whitaker, “Rules versus strategies as a distinction between competence and performance”, Working Papers in Phonetics, (1969), UCLA.

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APA 7

Goyvaerts, D. L. (1973). Towards an adequate formalization of linguistic descriptions. Acta Linguistica Hafniensia, 14(2), 171–180. https://doi.org/10.1080/03740463.1973.10416036

MLA 9

Goyvaerts, Didier L. “Towards an adequate formalization of linguistic descriptions.” Acta Linguistica Hafniensia, vol. 14, no. 2, 1973, pp. 171–80, https://doi.org/10.1080/03740463.1973.10416036.

Chicago

Goyvaerts, Didier L. 1973. “Towards an adequate formalization of linguistic descriptions.” Acta Linguistica Hafniensia 14 (2): 171–80. https://doi.org/10.1080/03740463.1973.10416036.

Harvard

Goyvaerts, D.L. (1973) ‘Towards an adequate formalization of linguistic descriptions’, Acta Linguistica Hafniensia, 14(2), pp. 171–180. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/03740463.1973.10416036.

BibTeX
@article{goyvaerts1973towards,
  title = {{Towards an adequate formalization of linguistic descriptions}},
  author = {Goyvaerts, Didier L.},
  journal = {Acta Linguistica Hafniensia},
  volume = {14},
  number = {2},
  pages = {171--180},
  year = {1973},
  doi = {10.1080/03740463.1973.10416036}
}

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