24.435, Disc: RE: Empirical Linguistics and Mixing the Levels

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LINGUIST List: Vol-24-435. Thu Jan 24 2013. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 24.435, Disc: RE: Empirical Linguistics and Mixing the Levels

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Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 09:42:03
From: Lise Menn [lise.menn at colorado.edu]
Subject: RE: Empirical Linguistics and Mixing the Levels

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Yes, 'not mixing levels' is a tenet - but linguistics is science, not a
religion; tenets are subject to empirical testing, and if they fail to account
for the data, then they must be modified.  Many of us think there are problems
with this particular idea, even though it does have value as a methodological
starting point.

Lise Menn








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