Talbot J TaylorTalbot J. Taylor is the Louise G. T. Cooley Professor of Linguistics at William & Mary. He is the author of Theorizing Language (1997) and Mutual Misunderstanding (1993) and co-author of Landmarks in Linguistic Thought (vol. 1, 1997; vol. 2, 2001) an Apes, Language, and the Human Mind (1998). His journal articles and book chapters since 1980 have addressed issues in linguistic normativity, reflexive and metalinguistic practices, child language development, integrational linguistics, conversation analysis, ape language research, the ontology and epistemology of linguistic research, linguistic historiography, and the language ideas of Ludwig Wittgenstein. Read More Read Less