Toward Non-Essentialist Sociolinguistics (Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL], 56)

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Acknowledgements Contents Preface Introduction Chapter 1: On the forerunners of non-essentialism in linguistics and philosophy Chapter 2: Prototype-oriented linguistics — a non-essentialist linguistics of today Chapter 3: General semantics, Popper and prototype-oriented linguistics — an attempt at integration Chapter 4: Toward a view of non-essentialist sociolinguistics Chapter 5: Non-essentialist sociolinguistics — two examples Chapter 6: On the social consequences of adopting some essentialist/ non-essentialist philosophical tenets Conclusion Notes References Index of names Index of concepts