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Among the philosophers of mind and language in recent decades, Donald Davidson articualted "amomalous monism" as well as ideas for unifying the theory of linguistic meaning with semantics for natural language. This book includes essays on Davidson by his contempories and his own replies.

In the past the philosophy of mind has been the view that mental states are identical with, or constituted by, brain states. Lynne Rudder Baker has been a critic of this view, developing a theory grounded in practical realism. This is a critical look at her views and critics, with her replies.

These papers explore themes in international research on language and gender. They examine beliefs about how men and women should speak, the ways in which norms are essentialized in language practice, and how individuals use meaningful linguistic features to contest norms and construct identities.

Cognitive studies of linguistics have begun to examine the interaction between language and other modes of communication, namely gesture, music, and visual images. This volume brings together papers from the Eleventh Conceptual Structure, Discourse, and Language Conference, held in Vancouver in May 2012.

Contains essays that explore explicit and implicit communication through linguistic research. Taking as a framework Paul Grice's theories on "what is said," this volume explores a number of areas, including the boundary between semantics and pragmatics; the concept of implicit communication; and the notion of conventional meaning.

Annie Zaenen's research has broadly influenced the field of linguistics, from the underlying architecture of formal theories to the minute details of lexical representation. This volume assembles a range of essays from linguists who have been profoundly influenced by Zaenen's work.

De se statements are emphatic assertions in which speakers make fundamental claims about either themselves or others. In English, they are usually conveyed via "I" statements or third person reflexive pronouns, such as "she herself," or "he himself." This volume teases out what de se attitudes connote linguistically.

A language-learning textbook for speakers of English and other languages who seek proficiency in Akan Twi, the most widely used and understood native language of Ghana. It includes several practice exercises and activities; a range of culturally relevant topics and dialogues; a reference glossary; and tips on culturally appropriate behavior.

This book presents a variety of theoretical and empirical approaches to language use.

This volume of research from both 'cognitive' and 'functional' approaches to linguistics will appeal to a broad audience.

The papers in this volume are intended to further compare and/or contrast research in both the Japanese and Korean languages.

This book takes a detailed look at two differing complex predicates in the South Asian language Urdu.

Explores the psychophysical and neurophysical determinants of cross-linguistic constraints on the shape of colour lexicons.

A useful and timely volume on algebraic logic and related areas, with contributions by leading people in the field.

Among the philosophers of mind and language in recent decades, Donald Davidson articualted "amomalous monism" as well as ideas for unifying the theory of linguistic meaning with semantics for natural language. This book includes essays on Davidson by his contempories and his own replies.

This volume of essays is dedicated to the late Wilbur Knorr, a historian of science. Inspired by Knorr's work, the essays concentrate on the history of ancient mathematics, the associated mathematical sciences and their medieval and modern traditions.

This volume presents contributions to quanti er theory and its applications and gives a good impression of the depth and diversity of recent work in the eld.

In these papers, the topic of syntax is broadly construed as covering discourse phenomena and the interface between morphology and syntax. Particular emphasis is placed on discourse phenomena, to which are devoted approximately one third of the papers presented in the present work.

This book provides a descriptive and analytical account of the behaviour of coverbs in Wagiman.

This book provides a simple but precise framework for describing complex predicates.

This book describes several aspects of syntax and semantics of romance languages.

A textbook/software package that covers first-order language in a method appropriate for a wide range of courses, from first logic courses for undergraduates (philosophy, mathematics, and computer science) to a first graduate logic course. It also includes applications for mobile devices, exercises, and a dedicated website.

Arabic is an exciting - yet challenging - language for scholars. This book documents the work of researchers in both academia and industry who have taken up the challenge of solving the real-life problems posed by an understudied language. It explores Arabic machine translation systems, and innovations in speech recognition and mention detection.