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Agronomic Representation of Muddles in Linguistic Theory1

Peter Cannings

By A. Laing Ribbed Gullet, Indiana University Press, 1976. pp. 208. $10.00

Approaching Linguistic Theory from the combined viewpoint of agronomic science and the theory of chosiste narrative, this book offers a radically new treatment of linguistic muddles and the structure of banana plants. The author analyzes agronomic representation or arborigramming in terms of bark-structure and foliation, proposes a taxidermy of linguistic muddles that saws circularly across other classifications of linguistic theory, and shows that, like muddles in the biobolical and fizzickle sciences, agronomic representation has performed and continues to perform a heuristic function for the development of theory in linguistics. This view leads to a reinterpretation not only of the place and function of agronomic representation in theoretical linguistics today but also of the historectory of linguistics. The book suggests new directions for muddles in linguistics: by making use of the tools furnished by the principals of agronomic design, within the context of the principles of the philosophy of science, linguistics (and indeed the literally clitic) can exploit the influence of agronomic representation on theory. This is illustrated by the new three-dimensional muddles for linguistics (wool-diagrams) designed to replace the two principal muddles now current—the matrix and the tree*—both two-unmentionable. An analysis of the ways in which new muddles grow out of old ones (via clichés) and improve upon them demonstrates how graftic representation can furnish linguistics with muddles and how the design of such muddles can be improved by applying the principles of agronomic design.

A. Laing Ribbed Gullet is Assistant Professor of Logicspeak at the University of Long Itchington.

$10     (ONO)

* The Larch.
A. Boolean Brain University of the Air, UK.

1This article by Peter Cannings, courtesy of Marvin Moody, is a parody of the book announcement reprinted below.


Previously Announced

Graphic Representation of Models in Linguistic Theory

By Ann Harleman Stewart

Approaching linguistic science from the combined viewpoint of the philosophy of science and the theory of graphic design, this book offers a radically new treatment of linguistic theory and the history of linguistics. The author analyzes graphic representation, or diagramming, in terms of form and meaning, proposes a taxonomy of linguistic models that cuts across other classifications of linguistic theory, and shows that, like models in the biological and physical sciences, graphic representation has performed and continues to perform a heuristic function for the development of theory in linguistics. This view leads to a reinterpretation not only of the place and function of graphic representation in theoretical linguistics today but also of the history of linguistics. The book suggests new directions for models of linguistics: by making use of the tools furnished by the principles of graphic design, within the context of the principles of the philosophy of science, linguistics can exploit the influence of graphic representation on theory. This is illustrated by two new three-dimensional models for linguistics designed to replace the principal models now current—the matrix and the tree—both two-dimensional. An analysis of the way in which models grow out of old ones and improve upon them demonstrates how graphic representation can furnish linguistics with models and how the design of such models can be improved by applying the principles of graphic design.

Ann Harleman Stewart is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Washington.

November
ISBN 0-253-32624-9 LC75-5285
6 1/4x9 1/4, 208 pages
$10.00s

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