Monographs
Edited Volumes
Special Issues
Entries
- Nefdt, R. 2023. Language, Science, and Structure: a journey into the philosophy of linguistics. Oxford University Press. [Oxford Online version][book review]
- Nefdt, R. 2024. The Philosophy of Theoretical Linguistics: a contemporary outlook. (in production with Cambridge University Press)
- Nefdt, R. The Philosophy of Linguistics. Cambridge Elements Series. Cambridge University Press (under contract)
- Pelletier, J., & Nefdt, R. Linguistic Relativity: an essential guide to past debates and future prospects. Oxford University Press (under contract)
Edited Volumes
- Nefdt, R., Dupre, G., & Stanton, K. (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of Linguistics. (under contract with Oxford University Press)
- Nefdt, R., Klippi, C., & Karstens, B. (eds.) (2020). The Philosophy and Science of Language: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Palgrave Mcmillan. [link]
Special Issues
- Reynolds, B., Nefdt, R., Mcdonald, J., & Potts, C. The English Language and Linguistic Theory: articles in honour of Geoffrey Pullum. Journal of Linguistics (accepted, in prep)
Entries
- Scholz, B., Pelletier, J., Pullum, G., & Nefdt, R (2022). The Philosophy of Linguistics. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy [link]
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
- Nefdt, R. (2024). Theoretical linguistics and the philosophy of linguistics. Theoretical Linguistics. (invited for the 50th anniversary of the journal), forthcoming.
- Nefdt, R. (2024). Concepts and conceptual engineering: answering Cappelen's challenge. Inquiry, 67(1): 400-428. [link][free e-print]
- Nefdt, R. (2023). Motivating a scientific modelling continuum: the case of natural models in the Covid-19 pandemic. Philosophy of Science, 90(4): 880-900 [link]
- Nefdt, R. (2023). Biolinguistics and biological systems: a complex systems analysis of language. Biology & Philosophy, 38:12 [link]
- Nefdt, R. & Baggio, G. (2023). Notational variants and cognition: the case of dependency grammar. Erkenntnis [link]
- Nefdt, R. (2023). Are machines radically contextualist? Mind & Language, 38:3: 750-771 [link]
- Isaac, M., Koch, S., & Nefdt, R. (2022). Conceptual engineering: a road map to practice. Philosophy Compass, 17(10): e12879. [link]
- Nefdt, R. (2021). Structural realism and generative linguistics. Synthese,199: 3711-3737. [revised proofs][link]
- Nefdt, R. (2021). Scientific models and political theory: the ideal theory debate revisited. Theoria, 87(6):1585-1608. [link]
- Nefdt, R. (2020). A puzzle concerning compositionality in machines. Minds & Machines, 30: 47-75. [LINK] [Free e-print]
- Nefdt, R. (2020). Formal semantics and applied mathematics: an inferential account. Journal of Logic, Language & Information, 29(2): 221-253. [LINK]
- Nefdt, R. (2019). The philosophy of linguistics: scientific underpinnings and methodological disputes. Philosophy Compass, 14(12), e12636. [LINK]
- Nefdt, R. (2019). The ontology of words: a structural approach. Inquiry, 62(8): 877-911. [LINK]
- Nefdt, R. (2019). Infinity and the foundations of linguistics. Synthese [Special issue on infinite idealizations in science],196(5): 1671-1711. [LINK] [PREPRINT]
- Nefdt, R. (2019). Why philosophers should do formal semantics (and a bit of syntax too): a reply to Cappelen. Review of Philosophy & Psychology, 10(1): 243-256. [LINK]
- Nefdt, R. (2018). Structuralism and inferentialism: a tale of two theories. Logique et analyse, 61(244): 489-512. [LINK] [PREPRINT]
- Nefdt, R. (2016). Scientific modelling in generative grammar and the dynamic turn in syntax. Linguistics & Philosophy, 39(5): 357-394. [LINK]
- Nefdt, R. (2016). Linguistic modelling and the scientific enterprise. Language Sciences, 54: 43-57. [LINK]
- Nefdt, R. (2013). The plurality of times: disunified time and the A-series. South African Journal of Philosophy, 32(3): 249-260. [LINK]
Book Chapters
- Nefdt, R., & Kincaid, H. (in prep). Real patterns: causality and discreteness. In Millhouse, T., Peterson, S., & Ross, D., (eds) Real Patterns in Science and Nature. MIT Press.
- Nefdt, R., & Kac, M. (in prep). Some thoughts on formalization in linguistics. In Nefdt, R., Dupre, G., & Stanton, K. (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of Linguistics. Oxford University Press.
- Mesthrie, R., & Nefdt, R. (in prep). Philosophy and the Sociolinguistic Enterprise. In Nefdt, R., Dupre, G., & Stanton, K. (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of Linguistics. Oxford University Press.
- Nefdt, R. (2024). Formal language and philosophy. In Okeke, J., and Whitaker, M (eds.), Contemporary Issues in Language, Logic, and Metaphysics: African and Western Approaches. Bloomsbury Press, UK. (forthcoming)
- Nefdt, R., Klippi, C., & Karstens, B. 2020. Introduction. In Nefdt, R., Klippi, C., & Karstens, B. (eds) The Philosophy and Science of Language: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, pp 1-9. Palgrave Mcmillan. [link]
- Nefdt, R. (2020). The role of language in the cognitive sciences. In Nefdt, R., Klippi, C., & Karstens, B. (eds) The Philosophy and Science of Language: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, pp 215-238. Palgrave Mcmillan. [link]
- Nefdt, R. (2019) Linguistics as a science of structure. In Form and Formalism in Linguistics, J. McElvenny (ed.), History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences, pp 175-196. Berlin: Language Science Press.
- Nefdt, R. (2018) Languages and other abstract structures. In Essays on Linguistic Realism, Behme, C and Neef, M (eds.) pp 139-184. John Benjamins Publishing, Amsterdam. [link]
Book Reviews
Under Review/In preparation
- A paper on possible language and real patterns (in prep)
- A paper on infinite cardinality in natural language (in prep for a special issue of the Journal of Linguistics in honour of Geoff Pullum)
- A paper on the method of cases applied to neuroscience (with Giosue Baggio) (in prep)
- A paper on virtual reality (submitted)
Scholarly Blog Publications
- (2020) Review of Modality and Propositional Attitudes by Michael Hegarty. Cambridge University Press. The Linguist List [link]
- (2019) Review of Recursion: A Computational Investigation into the Representation and Processing of Language by David Lobina. Oxford University Press. The Philosophical Quarterly. Vol. 69, No. 274: 206-209 [link]
- (2019) Review of Semantics, Metasemantics, Aboutness by Ori Simchen. Oxford University Press. The Philosophical Quarterly. Vol. 69, No. 277: 871-874. [link]
- (2019) Review of The Social Evolution of Human Nature: From Biology to Language by Harry Smit. Cambridge University Press. The Philosophical Quarterly. [link] Vol. 69, No. 277: 874-877.
Under Review/In preparation
- A paper on possible language and real patterns (in prep)
- A paper on infinite cardinality in natural language (in prep for a special issue of the Journal of Linguistics in honour of Geoff Pullum)
- A paper on the method of cases applied to neuroscience (with Giosue Baggio) (in prep)
- A paper on virtual reality (submitted)
Scholarly Blog Publications
- Nefdt, R. 2023-06-12. Real patterns and the structure of language. https://blog.oup.com/2023/06/real-patterns-and-the-structure-of-language/
- Nefdt, R. 2017-06-30. Decolonizing philosophy. https://africasacountry.com/2017/06/decolonizing-philosophy
- Nefdt, R. 2018-06-25. Translating non-Western philosophy: barriers to philosophical research in the Global South. http://www.publicseminar.org/2018/01/translating-non-western-philosophy/