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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface Part 1: Introduction 1.1 The Philosophy of Linguistics 1.2 Generative and Non-Generative Frameworks 1.3 Structures and Structuralisms 1.4 A Guide to the Book Part 2: Old Landscapes, New Maps 2.1 What is a Language, Anyway? 2.2 Object-oriented accounts 2.3 State and Network accounts Part 3: The Many and the None 3.1 Anti-realist Accounts 3.2 Why I am not a Pluralist 3.3 No Country for Clear Resolutions Part 4: Language and Structure 4.1 Moderate Naturalism 4.2 Languages as Real Patterns 4.3 Grammars as Compression Algorithms Part 5: Linguistic Patterns and Biological Systems 5.1 Biolinguistics and Biology 5.2 Unbanishing the 'Linguistic Community' 5.3 A Note on Acquisition Part 6: A Case Study: Words and SLEs 6.1 The Naive Picture and Three Naturalistic Desiderata 6.2 Constructions and Constraints 6.3 A Structural Approach to Linguistic Entities Part 7: Structural Realism and the Science of Linguistics 7.1 The Aim and Scope 7.2 Linguistic Theory Change 7.3 Structural Realism in Generative Linguistics 7.4 The Problem of Multiple Grammars Part 8: Language at the Interface 8.1 A Note on Complex Systems 8.2 Levels of Abstraction 8.3 The Proposal 8.4 Semantic Metastructuralism Part 9: Language and Cognitive Science: an arranged marriage 9.1 The Dilemma 9.2 The Study of Mind in Language 9.3 Intersection, Integration, and Architecture 9.4 Unifying Cognitive Structures Conclusion: A Canopy in the Rainforest References
