Download or read book Grammatical Theory and Metascience written by Esa Itkonen and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1978-01-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, the author analyses the nature of the science of grammar. After presenting some methodological and historical background, he sets forth a theory of language and of grammar, showing that the science of grammar is not an empirical, but a normative science, comparable to logic and philosophy, characterized by the use of the method of explication.