{"title":"Skills, language and indexicality – Determining a relationship","authors":"Janette Friedrich","doi":"10.1016/j.langsci.2024.101658","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper investigates the concept of skills or abilities using the distinction between ‘knowing that’ and ‘knowing how', as put forward by Gilbert Ryle in his 1949 book <em>The Concept of Mind</em>. The assertion of two forms of knowledge suggests the possibility that skills can be represented in propositional language. However, in the analysis of activities it is frequently shown that skills cannot be described ‘in words', but at best can be indicated. On the other hand, speaking is itself a skill. If we accept Karl Bühler’s (1934) use of the concept of context we see that he describes representative language above all as a skill. The paper closes with a consideration of whether and, if so, to what extent it is possible to square these two conceptions of language.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51592,"journal":{"name":"Language Sciences","volume":"105 ","pages":"Article 101658"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7000,"publicationDate":"2024-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Language Sciences","FirstCategoryId":"98","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0388000124000470","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This paper investigates the concept of skills or abilities using the distinction between ‘knowing that’ and ‘knowing how', as put forward by Gilbert Ryle in his 1949 book The Concept of Mind. The assertion of two forms of knowledge suggests the possibility that skills can be represented in propositional language. However, in the analysis of activities it is frequently shown that skills cannot be described ‘in words', but at best can be indicated. On the other hand, speaking is itself a skill. If we accept Karl Bühler’s (1934) use of the concept of context we see that he describes representative language above all as a skill. The paper closes with a consideration of whether and, if so, to what extent it is possible to square these two conceptions of language.
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Language Sciences is a forum for debate, conducted so as to be of interest to the widest possible audience, on conceptual and theoretical issues in the various branches of general linguistics. The journal is also concerned with bringing to linguists attention current thinking about language within disciplines other than linguistics itself; relevant contributions from anthropologists, philosophers, psychologists and sociologists, among others, will be warmly received. In addition, the Editor is particularly keen to encourage the submission of essays on topics in the history and philosophy of language studies, and review articles discussing the import of significant recent works on language and linguistics.
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