On Language

I’m thinking particularly of Labov’s1 work on non-standard English of the ghettos. In my opinion, that is also linguistics.

The notion of language itself is on a very high level of abstraction.

Language is normally a left-hemisphere function primarily, and current work aims to clarify the specific functions of the two hemispheres.

linguistics understood as the study of the system of language seems to fill a conceptual gap in the manner in which psychology is often conceived.

inguistics is the study of language, and psychology the study of the acquisition or utilization of language.

linguistics is part of psychology;

one should be careful not to link the analysis of social issues with scientific topics which, for their part, do require special training and techniques, and thus a special intellectual frame of reference, before they can be seriously investigated