Linguistic Theories

In this seminar, we will read seminal papers from various linguistic subdisciplines and discuss how different theoretical standpoints influence research design and methods. We will explore how the beliefs and personal experiences of individual researchers shape their scientific positions, manifesting in the research questions they ask and the answers they find.  The knowledge we have about the use and structure of language can be seen as the result of the interests and perspectives of a small of group of people and we will problematise this and consider ways in which these perspectives can be diversified.