(Išleidimo metai: 07-Aug-2014, Leidėjas: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198712725)
Terence Cuneo presents a new argument for moral realism. According to the normative theory of speech, speech acts are generated by an agents altering her normative position with regard to her audience. In doing so she takes on rights and responsibi...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 07-Aug-2014, Leidėjas: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780199373390)
This book describes and analyzes various changes in the distribution of copular and passive verb constructions in Old and Middle English, and, by way of these case studies, presents and tests several new theories that have major implications for con...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 31-Jul-2014, Leidėjas: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780199371815)
This edited volume brings together diverse issues and evidence in two related multidisciplinary domains: bilingualism among deaf learners - in sign language and the written/spoken vernacular - and bilingual deaf education....Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 24-Jul-2014, Leidėjas: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198701675)
This book examines the etymology, semantics, and grammatical behaviour of personal names in Anglo-Saxon England and considers their evolving place in Anglo-Saxon history and culture. The results of Dr Colmans wide-ranging investigation also have co...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 24-Jul-2014, Leidėjas: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780199367221)
Comparative work on linguistic varieties that are overall very similar can help us determine where and how exactly grammatical systems differ from one another, and how they change over time. This book explores a range of data on unfamiliar construct...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 24-Jul-2014, Leidėjas: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780199645169)
Robert Stalnaker explores the contexts in which speech takes place, the ways we represent them, and the roles they play in explaining the interpretation and dynamics of speech. His central thesis is the autonomy of pragmatics: the independence of th...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 17-Jul-2014, Leidėjas: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198713302)
Only by classifying things into kinds can we gain knowledge beyond memory and perception. Eric Funkhouser uncovers a logical structure that is common to many, if not all, classificatory systems, given by the determination dimensions of kinds. His ac...Daugiau...
Serija: Oxford Studies in the Evolution of Language
(Išleidimo metai: 10-Jul-2014, Leidėjas: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780199665327)
This book presents a new perspective on the origins of language, and highlights the key role of social and cultural dynamics in driving language evolution. It considers, among other questions, the role of gesture in communication, mimesis, play, dan...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 26-Jun-2014, Leidėjas: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780199352173)
In response to increased focus on the preservation of intangible cultural heritage across the world, Music Endangerment offers the first practical approach to assessing, advocating, and assisting the sustainability of musical genres....Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 26-Jun-2014, Leidėjas: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780199372812)
Political Insults proposes a theory of international insult that focuses on interrelations between social identity and power. The book analyses conflicts between the U.S. and North Korea, sovereignty contestations around islands in the Japanese sea,...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 26-Jun-2014, Leidėjas: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780199677115)
This book looks at the relationship between syntax and semantics, bringing together two seemingly unrelated hypotheses: that verbs do not require arguments, and that specifiers are not required by the grammar. The analysis has consequences for the t...Daugiau...
Philippe de Brabanter, Mikhail Kissine, Saghie Sharifzadeh
Serija: Oxford Studies of Time in Language and Thought
(Išleidimo metai: 26-Jun-2014, Leidėjas: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780199679157)
This book examines the expression of the future in a range of diverse languages and from a variety of theoretical perspectives. It reveals the value of linking linguistic considerations of tense and aspect to philosophical approaches to modality and...Daugiau...
Serija: Oxford Studies in Diachronic and Historical Linguistics
(Išleidimo metai: 12-Jun-2014, Leidėjas: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198701781)
This book examines morphosyntactic variation in the Romance varieties spoken in Italy from both a regional and historical perspective. It examines a range of phenomena, backed up by extensive empirical data, and will be a valuable resource not only...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 05-Jun-2014, Leidėjas: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780195341386)
This readable book presents a new general theoretical understanding of politeness. It offers an account of a wide range of politeness phenomena in English, illustrated by hundreds of examples of actual language use taken largely from authentic Briti...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 29-May-2014, Leidėjas: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780199347490)
Can normative words like good, ought, and reason be defined in non-normative terms? Stephen Finlay argues that they can, advancing a new theory of the meaning of this language and providing pragmatic explanations of the specially problematic f...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 29-May-2014, Leidėjas: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780199945207)
Japanese Syntax in Comparative Perspective seeks to fill a gap in the literature by examining Japanese in comparison with other Asian languages, including Chinese, Korean, Turkish, and Dravidian and Indo-Aryan languages of India....Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 22-May-2014, Leidėjas: OUP India, ISBN-13: 9780198097266)
This book is a philosophical analysis of ordinary concepts like human action and, consciousness, and how they get represented in our language. It examines the philosophical history of the issues that emerge and places the discussion across different...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 22-May-2014, Leidėjas: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780199314379)
This volume is focused on understanding a key idea in modern semantics-direct reference-and its integration into a general semantics for natural language....Daugiau...
