The Normal Course of Events - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Normal Course of Events write by Hagit Borer. This book was released on 2005. The Normal Course of Events available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 'Structuring Sense' explores the difference between words however defined and structures however constructed. It sets out to demonstrate that the explanation of linguistic competence should be shifted from lexical entry to syntactic structure, from memory of words to manipulation of rules.
Structuring Sense: Volume 2: The Normal Course of Events
Structuring Sense: Volume 2: The Normal Course of Events - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Structuring Sense: Volume 2: The Normal Course of Events write by Hagit Borer. This book was released on 2005-01-21. Structuring Sense: Volume 2: The Normal Course of Events available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Structuring Sense explores the difference between words however defined and structures however constructed. It sets out to demonstrate over three volumes, of which this is the second, that the explanation of linguistic competence should be shifted from lexical entry to syntactic structure, from memory of words to manipulation of rules. Its reformulation of how grammar and lexicon interact has profound implications for linguistic, philosophical, and psychological theories about human mind and language. Hagit Borer departs from both language specific constructional approaches and lexicalist approaches to argue that universal hierarchical structures determine interpretation, and that language variation emerges from the morphological and phonological properties of inflectional material. The Normal Course of Events applies this radical approach to event structure. Integrating research results in syntax, semantics, and morphology, the author shows that argument structure is based on the syntactic realization of semantic event units. The topics she addresses include the structure of internal arguments and of telic and atelic interpretations, accusative and partitive case, perfective and imperfective marking, the unaccusative-unergative distinction, existential interpretation and post-verbal subjects, and resultative constructions. The languages discussed include English, Catalan, Finnish, Hebrew, Czech, Polish, Russian, and Spanish.
Socratic Puzzles
Socratic Puzzles - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Socratic Puzzles write by Robert Nozick. This book was released on 1997. Socratic Puzzles available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. One of the foremost philosophers of our time, Robert Nozick continues the Socratic tradition of investigation. This volume, which illustrates the originality, force, and scope of his work, also displays Nozick's trademark blending of extraordinary analytical rigor with intellectual playfulness. As such, Socratic Puzzles testifies to the great pleasure that both doing and reading philosophy can be. Comprising essays and philosophical fictions, classics and new work, the book ranges from Socrates to W. V. Quine, from the implications of an Israeli kibbutz to the flawed arguments of Ayn Rand. Nozick considers the figure of Socrates himself as well as the Socratic method (why is it a "method" of getting at the truth?). Many of these essays bring classic methods to bear on new questions about choice. How should you choose in a disconcerting situation ("Newcomb's Problem") when your decisions are completely predictable? Why do threats and not offers typically coerce our choices? How do we make moral judgments when we realize that our moral principles have exceptions? Other essays present new approaches to familiar intellectual puzzles, from the stress on simplicity in scientific hypotheses to the tendency of intellectuals to oppose capitalism. As up to date as the latest reflections on animal rights; as perennial as the essentials of aesthetic merit (doggerel by Isaac Newton goes to prove that changing our view of the world won't suffice); as whimsical as a look at how some philosophical problems might appear from God's point of view: these essays attest to the timeliness and timelessness of Nozick's thinking. With a personal introduction, in which Nozick discusses the origins, tools, and themes of his work, Socratic Puzzles demonstrates how philosophy can constitute a way of life.
The Normal Course in Reading
The Normal Course in Reading - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Normal Course in Reading write by Emma J. Todd. This book was released on 1891. The Normal Course in Reading available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Normal Course in Reading, by Emma J. Todd and W.B. Powell
The Normal Course in Reading, by Emma J. Todd and W.B. Powell - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Normal Course in Reading, by Emma J. Todd and W.B. Powell write by Emma J. Todd. This book was released on 1893. The Normal Course in Reading, by Emma J. Todd and W.B. Powell available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
