What does そうではないいわば mean in this context


> 言語に対する深い関心が現代において具体的にどのような形で現れてきているかということ --- このことを考える前に、 **そうではないいわば**
> 伝統的な言語觀とはどのような性格のものであるか、ということをまず確認しておいたほうがよいと思います

From my understanding, this paragraph, ignoring the そうではないいわば means:

> Before considering the form of which the deep interest in languages emerges
> at present, I think that it is better to check out the character of the
> traditional view on languages first.

But what does そうではないいわば mean in this sentence? I am not sure what そう is
referring to here.




  * そう refers to what was mentioned in the first part of the sentence: 現代における言語に対する関心の形 or 現代の言語観.
  * そうではない is a relative clause that modifies 伝統的な言語観.
  * [いわば](http://jisho.org/word/%E8%A8%80%E3%82%8F%E3%81%B0) is "what might be called ～" or "so to speak". It independently modifies the following phrase.

My attempt:

> そうではない、いわば伝統的な言語観  
>  something not modern, what might be called a traditional view on languages  
>  something different, a traditional view on languages, as one might say




  * そう refers to what was mentioned in the first part of the sentence: 現代における言語に対する関心の形 or 現代の言語観.
  * そうではない is a relative clause that modifies 伝統的な言語観.
  * [いわば](http://jisho.org/word/%E8%A8%80%E3%82%8F%E3%81%B0) is "what might be called ～" or "so to speak". It independently modifies the following phrase.

My attempt:

> そうではない、いわば伝統的な言語観  
>  something not modern, what might be called a traditional view on languages  
>  something different, a traditional view on languages, as one might say

