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Linguistics as a Science

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Blumer describes interactionism as the essence of being human. People interact with themselves through the generalized other; they reflect; they think about their actions for themselves and with others. In short, humans talk to themselves and to others too. Interaction is what defines human beings from other species. Fast and Clark (2008; Fast et al. 2014) have published also how interaction of the human minds is a key factor making economics into a science. For decades, Chomsky led linguistics into understanding the same argument for human behavior due to the uniqueness of language – the ability of human beings to communicate endlessly.

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    Dr. Clark served on the IPCC Third Report as co-author on Chapter #2: “Finance and Economic Mechanisms” and as co-editor of Chapter #3: “Legal/Political Mechanisms” 1999–2000. He was also the Co-director with RaeKwon Chong of the first series of six reports by the UN FCCC: “Technology Transfer of Renewable Energy from Developed to Developing Countries.” Public Funds for technology project. Framework Convention for Climate Change, United Nations, Nov 00. It was the first study of “green” energy technologies and their economics in six countries.

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  1. Pepperdine Graziadio Business School, Los Angeles and Malibu, California, CA, USA

    Woodrow W. Clark II

  2. Department of Business and Management, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

    Michael Fast

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Clark II, W.W., Fast, M. (2019). Linguistics as a Science. In: Qualitative Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05937-8_9

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