@article {12654,
	title = {Knowing Subject and External Object in Language and Linguistic Analysis},
	journal = {Organon F},
	volume = {25},
	number = {3},
	year = {2018},
	pages = {339-367},
	type = {State},
	abstract = {The claim of linguistics to be a {\textquoteleft}science{\textquoteright} is connected to its {\textquoteleft}objectivity{\textquoteright}. The same is true of the philosophy of language. This implies a clear distinction between the language analyst as a {\textquoteleft}knowing subject{\textquoteright} and linguistic phenomena as an {\textquoteleft}external object{\textquoteright}. The picture of everyday verbal communication contains the idea of speakers as {\textquoteleft}knowing subjects{\textquoteright} of verbal signals as {\textquoteleft}external objects{\textquoteright}. Also, the correspondence theory of truth for natural languages presupposes that the language analyst is a {\textquoteleft}knowing subject{\textquoteright} who can assess the truth of objectified statements in relation to the factual world. The paper questions those ideas, and suggests that the objective orientation in linguistic analysis is a convenient fiction. It is suggested that analysts and speakers are components in a complex communicational totality, and can never be external objective observers of the verbal communication process. Consequently, a coherence theory of truth is more appropriate for language analysis of all types and for our understanding of speaker behaviour.},
	keywords = {Coherence, Correspondence, external object, knowing subject, objectivity},
	url = {http://www.klemens.sav.sk/fiusav/doc/organon/2018/3/339-367.pdf},
	author = {Rastall, Paul}
}
