Phonology is the study of the properties of sound systems, the principles that govern the ways in which speakers of different languages organise speech sounds to express meanings. It is an old discipline, reaching back to ancient India, and a thriving ever-changing part of the modern science of linguistics, investigating language facts, posing new questions, formulating new ways of analysing, and spawning different theoretical viewpoints. Keeping up with developments in the field is difficult because output is great and many essays appear in publications of limited circulation.
Phonology is the study of the properties of sound systems, the principles that govern the ways in which speakers of different languages organise speec...
The philosopher W.B. Gallie argued that there could be no simple definition of words such as freedom because they embodied what he called essentially contested concepts. They were words whose meaning had to be fought over and whose competing definitions arose out of political struggle and conflict.
The philosopher W.B. Gallie argued that there could be no simple definition of words such as freedom because they embodied what he called essentially ...
This set collects together the classic writings on sexuality from a social science perspective. Topics covered include the history of the study of sexuality, theoretical approaches, issues of gender and sexuality.
This set collects together the classic writings on sexuality from a social science perspective. Topics covered include the history of the study of sex...
Game theory is rapidly becoming one of the cornerstones of the social sciences. The articles gathered here chart the intellectual history of game theory from its place in the Enlightenment tradition to issues of current debate.
Game theory is rapidly becoming one of the cornerstones of the social sciences. The articles gathered here chart the intellectual history of game theo...
In its most specific form, deconstruction is a mode of philosophical and literary analysis, derived from the work of French philosopher, Jacques Derrida, which questions the most basic philosophical categories or concepts. A major focus of Deconstruction has been the traditional binary oppositions that have structured Western thought since the time of the Greeks: for example, the oppositions between inside and outside, mind and body, literal and metaphorical, speech and writing, presence and absence, nature and culture, intelligible and sensible, form and meaning. Each of these oppositions is...
In its most specific form, deconstruction is a mode of philosophical and literary analysis, derived from the work of French philosopher, Jacques Derri...
This collection draws on an international range of published research and authors to reflect the wide range of interest in and expertise on the contemporary city. The set is fully indexed and contains new introductions.
This collection draws on an international range of published research and authors to reflect the wide range of interest in and expertise on the contem...
