Reply to Sealey and Carter on realism and language

Elder-Vass, Dave

Reply to Sealey and Carter on realism and language

journal contribution

posted on 2015-05-05, 14:40 authored by Dave Elder-Vass

This short reply seeks to clarify the concept of linguistic norm circles and to correct some misunderstandings of it implicit in Sealey & Carter's response. It also reinforces some doubts over their version of the linguistic system. Norm circles, it argues, provide an important part of the explanation for linguistic practices, but always in conjunction with other interacting causal powers.

History

School

Social Sciences

Department

Communication, Media, Social and Policy Studies

Published in

JOURNAL FOR THE THEORY OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR

Volume

44

Issue

3

Pages

282 - 287 (6)

Citation

ELDER-VASS, D., 2014. Reply to Sealey and Carter on realism and language. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 44 (3), pp.282-287.

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Version

AM (Accepted Manuscript)

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Publication date

2014

Notes

This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: ELDER-VASS, D., 2014. Reply to Sealey and Carter on realism and language. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 44 (3), pp.282-287, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jtsb.12042. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.