| The valuable linguistic insights of Kenneth L. Pike, who developed tagmemic theory, have been formulated independently from the equally valuable work in philosophical hermeneutics done by Paul Ricoeur, who has apparently also been unaware of tagmemic linguistics. Robert E. Longacre has made considerable use of Ricoeur's work in the development of his own version of tagmemics, but this latter version of the theory differs crucially from Pike's. This present work examines areas of agreement in Pike and Ricoeur, particularly as these relate to their views of the nature of humanity, communication, and language. The comparison of their work is introductory rather than exhaustive. It seeks to provide a foundation for integration of the two scholars' work into a new, philosophically-based approach to linguistic analysis. This integrated framework will also be shown to provide the means whereby translators may begin to make more systematic use of literary critical theory, semiotics, and this newly developed method of linguistic analysis in their translation work. The earlier chapters of the dissertation explore the philosophical foundations of Pike and Ricoeur and develop the framework that begins to integrate their work. A transitional chapter explores various ways in which phenomenology, the philosophical foundation for both Ricoeur's and Pike's work, has been introduced to various disciplines within the humanities. Then, the later chapters take each of the areas, literary criticism, semiotics, and referential text analysis, showing how insights from each may be incorporated into the newly-extended tagmemic theory, especially as it applies to translation. A final chapter briefly explores how the new approach to linguistics provides a context for understanding analyses done in various sub-disciplines of linguistics, such as phonology, survey, and text analysis. |
