Esa Itkonen

List of John Benjamins publications for which Esa Itkonen plays a role.

Titles

Normativity in Language and Linguistics

Edited by Aleksi Mäkilähde, Ville Leppänen and Esa Itkonen

[Studies in Language Companion Series, 209] 2019. vii, 272 pp.
Subjects History of linguistics | Philosophy | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology | Theoretical linguistics

The Shared Mind: Perspectives on intersubjectivity

Edited by Jordan Zlatev, Timothy P. Racine, Chris Sinha and Esa Itkonen

Subjects Cognition and language | Cognitive linguistics | Cognitive psychology | Consciousness research | Evolution of language | Psycholinguistics
Subjects Cognitive psychology | Philosophy | Theoretical linguistics

Articles

Itkonen, Esa 2019 Concerning the scope of normativityNormativity in Language and Linguistics, Mäkilähde, Aleksi, Ville Leppänen and Esa Itkonen (eds.), pp. 29–68 | Chapter
Wherever a mistake can be made, there is a corresponding norm. Normativity is divided into correctness and rationality. These two dimensions are independent of each other, as shown by the fact that rational actions can be performed by speaking incorrectly, and irrational actions can be performed by… read more
Mäkilähde, Aleksi, Ville Leppänen and Esa Itkonen 2019 Norms and normativity in language and linguistics: Basic concepts and contextualisationNormativity in Language and Linguistics, Mäkilähde, Aleksi, Ville Leppänen and Esa Itkonen (eds.), pp. 1–28 | Chapter
Underlying all the chapters of this volume are the concepts of norm and normativity. In this Introduction we set the stage for the individual chapters: first, by introducing certain basic concepts and relevant terminology; second, by briefly discussing the status of two types of norms in… read more
Pajunen, Anneli and Esa Itkonen 2019 Intuition and beyond: A hierarchy of descriptive methodsNormativity in Language and Linguistics, Mäkilähde, Aleksi, Ville Leppänen and Esa Itkonen (eds.), pp. 213–234 | Chapter
From the methodological point of view, linguistics is not a monolith. Nor is it an arbitrary conglomerate of unrelated methods. Rather, the methods most commonly used in linguistic description constitute a definite hierarchy that is motivated both logically and temporally, namely: intuition-based… read more
Itkonen, Esa 2008 12. The central role of normativity in language and linguisticsThe Shared Mind: Perspectives on intersubjectivity, Zlatev, Jordan, Timothy P. Racine, Chris Sinha and Esa Itkonen (eds.), pp. 279–305 | Article
‘Any natural language consists of rules which are inherently social and normative.’ It is the purpose of this chapter to establish the truth of this claim and to show that it is significant or non-trivial. The argument is based on the ineluctable place of normativity in any consistent account of… read more
Zlatev, Jordan, Timothy P. Racine, Chris Sinha and Esa Itkonen 2008 1. Intersubjectivity: What makes us human?The Shared Mind: Perspectives on intersubjectivity, Zlatev, Jordan, Timothy P. Racine, Chris Sinha and Esa Itkonen (eds.), pp. 1–14 | Article
Itkonen, Esa 2002 Grammaticalization as an analogue of hypothetico-deductive thinkingNew Reflections on Grammaticalization, Wischer, Ilse and Gabriele Diewald (eds.), pp. 413–422 | Article
Itkonen, Esa 1984 On the 'Rationalist' Conception of Linguistic ChangeDiachronica 1:2, pp. 203–216 | Article
SUMMARY Language is a social phenomenon; linguistic changes are non-nomic in character; the customary type of explanation utilized in diachronic linguistics is teleological explanation. From these three facts is follows that it is plausible to consider linguistic changes as social actions. They… read more
Itkonen, Esa 1982 Short-term and long-term teleology in linguistic changePapers from the Third International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Hamburg, August 22–26 1977, Maher, J. Peter, Allan R. Bomhard and E.F.K. Koerner † (eds.), pp. 85 ff. | Article