This collection examines the development of pragmatics as a science of language enabling the reader to critically assess its theoretical development. Issues explored include: presupposition; implicature; discourse; grammar; communication; indexicals; psychology; sociology. This work also provides useful references and suggestions of additional papers to be consulted, and has a detailed subject and name index to enable immediate access for the reader.
This collection examines the development of pragmatics as a science of language enabling the reader to critically assess its theoretical development. ...
Noam Chomsky's work has had a decisive influence on the development of linguistics and more broadly on the study of mind and language. This book, which contains two new papers by Chomsky, assesses that 'Chomskyan Turn' in linguistics and the cognitive sciences. The articles by Chomsky, 'Linguistics and Adjacent Fields' and 'Linguistics and Cognitive Science', are particularly valuable both in reviewing the current state of the generative enterprise and in presenting his new 'functional' approach to principles of Universal Grammar. The chapters making up the second part of the volume explore...
Noam Chomsky's work has had a decisive influence on the development of linguistics and more broadly on the study of mind and language. This book, whic...
The envisioned volume is a collection of recent essays about the philosophical exploration, critique and comparison of (a) the major philosophical models of God, gods and other ultimate realities implicit in the world s philosophical schools and religions, and of (b) the ideas of such models and doing such modeling per se. The aim is to identify exactly what a model of ultimate reality is; create a comprehensive and accessible collection of extant models; and determine how best, philosophically, to model ultimate reality, if possible and desirable.
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The envisioned volume is a collection of recent essays about the philosophical exploration, critique and comparison of (a) the major philosophical ...
This is a four-volume collection of research into military ethics. Topics discussed include the history of military ethics from a variety of traditions, the crucial doctrine of a 'just war', and research into humanitarian intervention, peacekeeping and counterinsurgency.
This is a four-volume collection of research into military ethics. Topics discussed include the history of military ethics from a variety of tradition...
The envisioned volume is a collection of recent essays about the philosophical exploration, critique and comparison of (a) the major philosophical models of God, gods and other ultimate realities implicit in the world s philosophical schools and religions, and of (b) the ideas of such models and doing such modeling per se. The aim is to identify exactly what a model of ultimate reality is; create a comprehensive and accessible collection of extant models; and determine how best, philosophically, to model ultimate reality, if possible and desirable.
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The envisioned volume is a collection of recent essays about the philosophical exploration, critique and comparison of (a) the major philosophical ...