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Brill Beyond Grammaticalization and Discourse Markers: New Issues in the Study of Language Change
Book SynopsisBeyond Grammaticalization and Discourse Markers offers a comprehensive account of the most promising new directions in the vast field of grammaticalization studies. From major theoretical issues to hardly addressed experimental questions, this volume explores new ways to expand, refine or even challenge current ideas on grammaticalization. All contributions, written by leading experts in the fields of grammaticalization and discourse markers, explore issues such as: the impact of Construction Grammar into language change; cyclicity as a driving force of change; the importance of positions and discourse units as predictors of grammaticalization; a renewed way of thinking about philological considerations, or the role of Experimental Pragmatics for hypothesis checking.Trade Review"To conclude, the volume constitutes a welcome addition to the literature on DMs and grammaticalization, discussing some theoretical aspects of both, but most of all providing a range of semantic reconstructions and insights into the sociolinguistic dynamics of grammatical change." - Bernd Heine, University of Cologne, in: Journal of Pragmatics 148 (2019), pp. 125-127Table of ContentsList of Figures, Graphs and Tables 1 Introduction Salvador Pons Bordería 2 Modeling Language Change with Constructional Networks Elizabeth Closs Traugott 3 Cyclic Phenomena in the Evolution of Pragmatic Markers. Examples from Romance Maj-Britt Mosegaard Hansen 4 The Historical Path of eso sí as a Contrastive Connective Ana Llopis Cardona 5 Grammaticalization, Distance, Immediacy and Discourse Traditions: The Case of Portuguese caso David Gerards and Johannes Kabatek 6 Paragdimaticalization through Formal Ressemblance: A History of the Reinforcer bien in Spanish Discourse Markers Álvaro Octavio de Toledo 7 New Challenges to the Theory of Grammaticalization. Evidence from the Rise of no obstante, no contrastante and no embargante Mar Garachana 8 The Evolution of Temporal Adverbs into Consecutive Connectives and the Role of Discourse Traditions: The Case of Italian allora and Spanish entonces Margarita Borreguero Zuloaga 9 Different Sensitivity to Variation and Change: Italian Pragmatic Marker dai vs. Discourse Marker allora Piera Molinelli 10 Insubordination, Abtoenung, and the Next Move in Interaction. Main-Clause-Initial puisque in French Ulrich Detges and Paul Gévaudan 11 Paths of Grammaticalization: Beyond the LP/RP Debate Salvador Pons Bordería 12 On Argumentative Relations in Spanish: Experimental Evidence on the Grammaticalization of Cause-Consequence Discourse Markers Inés Recio (), Laura Nadal and Óscar Loureda Index
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Brill Words, Deeds, Bodies: L. Wittgenstein, J.L. Austin, M. Merleau-Ponty and M. Polanyi
Book SynopsisWords, Deeds, Bodies by Jerry H. Gill concentrates on the interrelationships between speech, accomplishing tasks, and human embodiment. Ludwig Wittgenstein, J. L. Austin, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, and Michael Polanyi have all highlighted these relationships. This book examines the, as yet, unexplored connections between these authors’ philosophies of language. It focuses on the relationships between their respective key ideas: Wittgenstein’s notion of “language game,” Austin’s concept of “performative utterances,” Merleau-Ponty’s idea of “slackening the threads,” and Polanyi's understanding of “tacit knowing,” noting the similarities and differences between and amongst them.Trade Review"In this admirably clear, concise, and eminently readable book, Gill explores many of the ways our language arises within our profoundly embodied and socially embedded practices of meaning-making. He artfully weaves together Wittgenstein’s conception of language games, Austin’s focus on the social conditions for speech acts, Merleau-Ponty’s emphasis on language as embodied, and Polanyi’s articulation of the tacit bodily dimensions of human knowing. The result is a rich appreciation of the embodied, enactive, and socially mediated processes of meaning and thought." - Mark Johnson, Philip H. Knight Professor Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Philosophy, University of Oregon "In Words, Deeds, and Bodies, Professor Gill summons four of the profoundest thinkers of the last century. Guiding us through the application of their insights, he brings into focus key connections among language, social behavior, and embodiment. Gill illuminatingly explains that it is part of the nature of things that meaning, arising through the activity of embodied, linguistic agents, will always be grounded in an unarticulated and unexplained residuum." - Dr. Brendan Lalor, Professor of Philosophy, Castleton State College, VermontTable of Contents Preface Acknowledgements 1Wittgenstein’s “Language-Games” 2J.L. Austin’s “Performative Utterances” 3Merleau-Ponty’s “Intentional Threads” Conclusion: Michael Polanyi’s “Tacit Knowing” Bibliography Index
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Brill Enthymemes and Topoi in Dialogue: The Use of Common Sense Reasoning in Conversation
Book SynopsisIn Enthymemes and Topoi in Dialogue, Ellen Breitholtz presents a novel and precise account of reasoning from an interactional perspective. The account draws on the concepts of enthymemes and topoi, originating in Aristotelian rhetoric and dialectic, and integrates these in a formal dialogue semantic account using TTR, a type theory with records. Argumentation analysis and formal approaches to reasoning often focus the logical validity of arguments on inferences made in discourse from a god’s-eye perspective. In contrast, Breitholtz’s account emphasises the individual perspectives of interlocutors and the function and acceptability of their reasoning in context. This provides an analysis of interactions where interlocutors have access to different topoi and therefore make different inferences.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Figures 1 Micro-Rhetoric in Dialogic Interaction 1.1 Interaction Based Linguistics 1.2 Micro-rhetorical Linguistics 1.3 The Aristotelian Enthymeme 1.4 Topoi—the Warrants of Enthymemes 1.5 Linking Enthymeme and Topos 1.6 Aim and Outline of This Book 2 Enthymematic Reasoning and Pragmatics 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Presupposition 2.3 Conversational Implicature 2.4 Relevance Theory 2.5 Anti-inferentialism 2.6 Discourse Coherence 2.7 Summary 3 Enthymemes in Dialogue 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Using ttr to Analyse Interaction 3.3 Analysing a Simple Dialogue 3.4 Introducing Enthymematic Reasoning on the dgb 3.5 Summary 4 Analysing Enthymematic Dialogue 4.1 Enthymeme Elicited by Why? 4.2 Coordinating on Topoi 4.3 Summary 5 Participating in Enthymematic Dialogue 5.1 Enthymemes and Cognitive Load 5.2 Enthymemes and Dialogue Context 5.3 Conversational Games 5.4 The Suggestion Game 5.5 Analysing a Suggestion Dialogue 5.6 Summary 6 Rhetorical Reasoning in Dialogue 6.1 A Rhetorical Perspective on Non-monotonicity 6.2 Drawing on Topoi in Conversation 6.3 Acquiring Topoi in Interaction 6.4 Summary 7 Conclusions and Future Work 7.1 Conclusions 7.2 Future Work 7.3 Summary Appendix 1: Update Rules Appendix 2: Definitions References Index
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Brill The Lvov-Warsaw School and Contemporary Philosophy of Language
Book SynopsisThis book highlights the legacy of the Lvov-Warsaw School in broadly understood contemporary philosophy of language. Fundamental methodological issues, important topics in syntax, semantics and pragmatics (such as modern Categorial Grammar, theories of truth, game-theoretical semantics, and argumentation theory) are tracked down to their origins in the Lvov-Warsaw School, and – the other way round – modern renderings of the ideas expressed by Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz, Tadeusz Kotarbiński, Stanisław Leśniewski, Jan Łukasiewicz, Alfred Tarski, Kazimierz Twardowski, and other members of the School are presented. Among contributors there are philosophers, logicians, formal linguists and other specialists from France, Italy, Poland, and Spain.Table of Contents List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Introduction The Lvov-Warsaw School and Contemporary Philosophy of Language Piotr Stalmaszczyk and Mieszko Tałasiewicz 1 Good Work in Philosophy Jacek Jadacki 2 Truth and Proofs. From Tarski’s Convention T to Game Theory 35 Christian Bassac and Joan Busquets 3 On Tarski’s Theory of Truth Luis Fernández Moreno 4 Relation between Logic and Linguistics according to the Lvov-Warsaw School Anna Brożek 5 An Unorthodox Viewpoint on Natural Language Syntax and Its Relations to the Lvov-Warsaw School Giovanni Gobber 6 On the Difficulty of Using Philosophical Theories to Develop a Semantics The Case of Ajdukiewicz Béatrice Godart-Wendling 7 Strawson’s Philosophy of Language and Ajdukiewicz’s Categorial Grammar Mieszko Tałasiewicz 8 Normativity in the Directival Theory of Meaning Paweł Grabarczyk 9 Verbal Issue or Deep Flaw? On Categories of Meaning, Content, and Connotation in the Lvov-Warsaw School Marcin Będkowski 10 Polish Roots of Some Solutions to the Sorites Paradox Joanna Odrowąż-Sypniewska 11 Meaning and Mimicking Parataxis in Kotarbiński and Davidson Janusz Maciaszek 12 The Classifications of Reasoning of Łukasiewicz and Ajdukiewicz as a Foundation for Systematising Argument Patterns Michał Araszkiewicz and Marcin Koszowy Subject Index Name Index
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Brill Skepsis and Antipolitics: The Alternative of Gustav Landauer
Book SynopsisGustav Landauer was an unconventional anarchist who aspired to a return to a communal life. His antipolitical rejection of authoritarian assumptions is based on a radical linguistic scepticism that could be considered the theoretical premise of his anarchism. The present volume aims to add to the existing scholarship on Landauer by shedding new light on his work, focussing on the two interrelated notions of skepsis and antipolitics. In a time marked by a deep doubt concerning modern politics, Landauer’s alternative can help us to more seriously address the struggle for a different articulation of our communitarian and ecological needs.Trade Review“There is no doubt about it: The anthology Skepticism and Antipolitics. The Alternative of Gustav Landauer, edited by Libera Pisano and Cedric Cohen-Skalli, is a milestone in modern reception history. Those who believed that Landauer was merely a well-read anarchist are taught better here. The seventeen studies prove that the history of Jewish philosophy in the twentieth century was significantly influenced by him.” – Prof. Dr. Thomas Meyer, lmu Munich “A century after Landauer’s murder, this groundbreaking collection of remarkably rich essays sheds new light on his revolutionary radicalism, his spiritual longing for a renewal of human communities, his linguistic skepticism inseparable from his anarchist antipolitics, and his identities as a German and as a Jew. By brilliantly putting Landauer in dialogue with Simone Weil, Margarete Susman, Leo Baeck, Martin Buber—and above all with our own troubled times—the volume is as indispensable as it is illuminating.” – Vivian Liska, Director of the Institute of Jewish Studies, Professor of German Literature, Dept. Literature and Philosophy, University of Antwerp
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Brill Winged Words: Benjamin, Rosenzweig, and the Life of Quotation
Book SynopsisThis is the first book to explore the role of quotation in modern Jewish thought. Weaving back and forth from Benjamin to Rosenzweig, the book searches for the recovery of concealed and lost meaning in the community of letters, sacred scripture, the collecting of books, storytelling, and the life of liturgy. It also explores how the legacy of Goethe can be used to develop new strata of religious and Jewish thought. We learn how quotation is the binding tissue that links language and thought, modernity and tradition, religion and secularism as a way of being in the world.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1 The Life of Quotation 1 The Life of Quotation 2 Phenomenology? 3 Psychology or Archive Fetish? 4 Just More Derrida? 2 Myth, Language, and the Origins of Tradition 1 Innerlichkeit and New-Old Beginnings 2 Martin Buber and Innerlichkeit 3 Innerlichkeit and the Hebrew Bible 4 Buber’s Hebrew Humanism 5 Walter Benjamin’s Challenge to Buber 6 Benjamin and Nietzsche 7 Benjamin and Goethe 8 The Challenge of Lebensphilosophie 9 Franz Rosenzweig’s New Thinking 10 Between Bildung and Anti-Bildung 11 Rosenzweig and Nietzsche 12 Conclusion 3 Quotation as Heterodoxy: Walter Benjamin’s Karl Kraus 1 Benjamin’s Essay “Karl Kraus” 2 The Ur-Kraus: Benjamin’s Early Move to Language and Origin 3 Jewish Negation as Jewish Quotation: a Prolegomenon to Jewish Secular Identity 4 The Life of Quotation in Benjamin’s Kraus 4 Quotation as Pedagogy: Franz Rosenzweig’s Goethe 1 The Jewish Goethekenner 2 Using Goethe’s Poetics Hermeneutically: Quotation in the Introduction of the Star 3 From a Post-Goethekenner to a Premodern 4 Das Geflügelte Wort (the Winged Word): Rosenzweig’s Life of Quotation 5 Quotation, Experience, and the Secularizing of Life 1 Experience, Language, and Life 2 Quotation, Experience, and Hermeneutics 3 The Arcades Project: Quotation, Montage, and the Medium of Reflection 4 Jewish Thought, Quotation, and the Secularizing of Life 6 Quotation and the Liturgical Life 1 Jewish Books, Jewish Worlds, Jewish Words 2 Biblical Words, Living Words, Winged Words 3 Biblical Words, Dialogue, Commentary 4 From the Star to Liturgy to Life: a Forgotten Interlocutor 5 Rosenzweig’s Experience with Ismar Elbogen 6 The Influence of Elbogen’s Der jüdische Gottesdienst on Rosenzweig’s Star 7 From Scholarship on Liturgy to Philosophy and the Future of Judaism 8 Liturgy as Polemic and Propaedeutic: Petition and Temptation 9 Rosenzweig’s Application of a Jewish Liturgical Hermeneutic 10 Into Life Conclusion: The Life of Quotation and the (Re)Invention of Tradition Primary Sources Bibliography Index
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Brill Grazer Philosophische Studien: Internationale Zeitschrift für analytische Philosophie. Gegründet von Rudolf Haller
Table of ContentsAbhandlungen/Articles Arianna BETTI/Maria VAN DER SCHAAR: The Road from Vienna to Lvov: Twardowski’s Theory of Judgement between 1894 and 1897 Andrew Kenneth JORGENSEN: Types of Negation in Logical Reconstructions of Meinong Gert-Jan C. LOKHORST/Lou GOBLE: Mally’s Deontic Logic Olaf L. MÜLLER: Echte ontologische Alternativen Douglas James MacDERMID: Is Davidson’s Epistemology Coherent? Jeffrey GOODMAN: A Defence of Creationism in Fiction Matthias GÜNTHER: Gesetze und vollständige Erklärungen: Churchlands Verwechslung Diskussion/Discussion Fraser MacBRIDE: Whence the Particular-Universal Distinction? Herbert HOCHBERG: Russell and Ramsey on Distinguishing between Universals and Particulars Besprechungen/Review Articles Dieter MÜNCH: Neues zum frühen Brentano Buchnotizen/Critical Notes Eingelangte Bücher/Books Received
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Arguing About Language
Book SynopsisArguing About Language presents a comprehensive selection of key readings on fundamental issues in the philosophy of language. It offers a fresh and exciting introduction to the subject, addressing both perennial problems and emerging topics. Classic readings from Frege, Russell, Kripke, Chomsky, Quine, Grice, Lewis and Davidson appear alongside more recent pieces by philosophers or linguists such as Robyn Carston, Delia Graff Fara, Frank Jackson, Ernie Lepore & Jerry Fodor, Nathan Salmon, Zoltán Szabó, Timothy Williamson and Crispin Wright. Organised into clear sections, readings have been chosen that engage with one another and often take opposing views on the same question, helping students to get to grips with the key areas of debate in the philosophy of language, including: sense and reference definite descriptions linguistic conventions language and behaviour descriptivTrade ReviewWhen first I read it my immediate thought was: I would like to use this book for a philosophy of language course. There is, I think, a fine balance between classic and contemporary readings. And one thing I find especially laudable is that instead of, somewhat mindlessly, having chosen the most well-known readings on a topic, the editors have gone for quality and so have made some unconventional choices. Matti Eklund, Cornell University, USA Byrne and Kölbel have chosen well. Their fifteen parts span the full spectrum of topics in philosophy of language. Each part includes two or three pivotal and provocative readings. Some are by household names like Russell and Chomsky. Others are little known gems that will pleasantly surprise even experts. The editors also do a superb job of helping readers to appreciate the import and value of the debates. The full package – the readings, overviews, guidance questions, and pointers to further readings – should enable students and others to discover and engage with opposing views in a fascinating and resurgent field of philosophy. Alex Barber, The Open University Table of ContentsIntroduction Part 1: A Homeric Struggle: Communication and Truth 1. Meaning H. Paul Grice 2. Meaning and Truth Peter Strawson 3. Language and Communication Michael Dummett Part 2: Sense and Reference 4. On Sense and Reference Gottlob Frege 5. Frege’s Puzzle Nathan Salmon Part 3: Definite Descriptions: Quantifiers or Singular Terms? 6. Descriptions Bertrand Russell 7. On Referring Peter Strawson 8. Mr Strawson on Referring Bertrand Russell Part 4: Rigidity vs. Descriptivism 9. Naming and Necessity Saul Kripke 10. Reference and Descriptions Revisited Frank Jackson Part 5: Analyticity 11. Two Dogmas of Empiricism W. V. Quine 12. In Defense of a Dogma H. Paul Grice and Peter Strawson Part 6: Truth and Meaning 13. Truth and Meaning Donald Davidson 14. Meaning and Truth Theory John Foster Part 7: Meaning, Intention and Convention 15. Languages and Language David K. Lewis 16. A Note on 'Languages and Language' John Hawthorne 17. A Chomskian Alternative to Convention-Based Semantics Stephen Laurence Part 8: Knowledge of Language 18. Knowledge of Language Noam Chomsky 19. Semantic Theory and Tacit Knowledge Gareth Evans 20. Theories of Meaning and Speakers’ Knowledge Crispin Wright Part 9: Meaning, Holism and Inferential Role 21. Why Meaning (Probably) Isn’t Conceptual Role Ernest Lepore and Jerry Fodor 22. Is Compositionality Compatible with Holism? Peter Pagin Part 10: Implicature 23. Logic and Conversation H. Paul Grice 24. Linguistic Meaning, Communicated Meaning and Cognitive Pragmatics Robyn Carston Part 11: Compositionality and Context 25. Against compositionality: the case of adjectives Ran Lahav 26. Adjectives in context Zoltan Szabo Part 12: Rule-following and Normativity 27. Kripke’s Account of the Argument against Private Language Crispin Wright 28. Semantic Normativity Asa Wikforss Part 13: Metaphor 29. What Metaphors Mean Donald Davidson 30. How Metaphors Work: a Reply to Donald Davidson Max Black Part 14: Vagueness in Language 31. Vagueness, Logic and Ontology Achille Varzi 32. Vagueness and Ignorance Timothy Williamson 33. Shifting sands: an interest-relative theory of vagueness Delia Graff Fara Part 15: Fictional Discourse 34. Truth in Fiction David K. Lewis 35. Talk about Fiction Stefano Predelli 36. Speaking of Fictional Characters Amie L. Thomasson
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Language
Book SynopsisPhilosophy of language is the branch of philosophy that examines the nature of meaning, the relationship of language to reality, and the ways in which we use, learn, and understand language. The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Language provides a comprehensive and up-to-date survey of the field, charting its key ideas and movements, and addressing contemporary research and enduring questions in the philosophy of language. Unique to this Companion is clear coverage of research from the related disciplines of formal logic and linguistics, and discussion of the applications in metaphysics, epistemology, ethics and philosophy of mind. Organized thematically, the Companion is divided into seven sections: Core Topics; Foundations of Semantics; Parts of Speech; Methodology; Logic for Philosophers of Language; Philosophy of Language for the Rest of Philosophy; and Historical Perspectives.Comprised of 70 never-before-published essays fromTrade Review"Unusual in its scope and ambition, this Companion offers superbly clear and insightful essays by a judicious mix of eminent figures and up-and-coming scholars. In addition to the standard topics, it is particularly good to have state-of-the-art pieces on the relations between philosophy of language and the other main sub-fields of philosophy. An indispensable resource." –Paul Boghossian, New York University"The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Language has all the virtues of a state-of-the-art collection: lucid articles on cutting-edge topics by leaders in the field, meticulous organization, beyond comprehensive. This book is, and will be for years to come, indispensable." –Robin Jeshion, University of Southern California"Delia Graff Fara and Gillian Russell’s selection of authors and topics is authoritative, imaginative, and cutting-edge. Both students and specialists will learn much from this volume. The essays are well-designed, substantial launch pads for further exploration." –Timothy Williamson, University of Oxford"This is a stunningly wide-ranging collection packed with first-rate authors. I cannot think of anything else that comes near it both for breadth of coverage and for quality." –Jennifer Saul, The University of Sheffield"Unusual in its scope and ambition, this Companion offers superbly clear and insightful essays by a judicious mix of eminent figures and up-and-coming scholars. In addition to the standard topics, it is particularly good to have state-of-the-art pieces on the relations between philosophy of language and the other main sub-fields of philosophy. An indispensable resource." –Paul Boghossian, New York University"The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Language has all the virtues of a state-of-the-art collection: lucid articles on cutting-edge topics by leaders in the field, meticulous organization, beyond comprehensive. This book is, and will be for years to come, indispensable." –Robin Jeshion, University of Southern California"Delia Graff Fara and Gillian Russell’s selection of authors and topics is authoritative, imaginative, and cutting-edge. Both students and specialists will learn much from this volume. The essays are well-designed, substantial launch pads for further exploration." –Timothy Williamson, University of Oxford"This is a stunningly wide-ranging collection packed with first-rate authors. I cannot think of anything else that comes near it both for breadth of coverage and for quality." –Jennifer Saul, The University of Sheffield"[This book]excels at being a genuine companion resource, introducing readers not only to the background and core questions that define the philosophy of language, but also to the primary methodologies through which prominent contemporary perspectives on the philosophy of language have, and continue to be, developed. Though the essays in this volume are intended to introduce readers to an area of concern within the study of language, they offer a critical review of it rather than merely mapping the terrain. Thus the book constitutes an invaluable current resource for students and scholars alike. It will appeal to anyone interested in the current state-of-play within this important area of philosophical research. Summing Up: Highly recommended." -A.L. Morton, Saint Xavier University, in Choice Table of ContentsPreface Part 1: Core Topics 1.1 Extensions, Intensions, Character, and Beyond David Braun 1.2 Semantics and Pragmatics Christopher Gauker 1.3 Logical Form Kirk Ludwig 1.4 Presupposition Paul Dekker 1.5 Implicature Laurence Horn 1.6 Pragmatic Enrichment and Conversational Implicature Francois Recanati 1.7 Meaning and Communication Kent Bach 1.8 Compositionality Josh Dever 1.9 Focus and Intonation Daniel Büring 1.10 Context-Sensitivity Ernie Lepore and Tom Donaldson 1.11 Relativism John MacFarlane 1.12 Vagueness J. Robert G. Williams 1.13 Empty Names Sarah Sawyer 1.14 Relevance Theory Robyn Carston 1.15 Truth and Reference in Fiction Stavroula Glezakos Part 2: Foundations of Semantics 2.1 Reference Teresa Robertson 2.2 Theories of Truth Matti Eklund 2.3 Propositions Scott Soames 2.4 Concepts Christopher Peacocke 2.5 Analytic Truth Cory Juhl and Eric Loomis 2.6 Possible Worlds Semantics Daniel Nolan 2.7 Dynamic Semantics Seth Yalcin 2.8 Event Semantics Barry Schein 2.9 Skepticism about Meaning Michael McDermott Part 3: Parts of Speech 3.1 Names Barbara Abbott 3.2 Verbs Zoltan Gendler Szabó 3.3 Adjectives Chris Kennedy 3.4 Quantifiers and Determiners Robert May and Aldo Antonelli 3.5 Generics Sarah-Jane Leslie 3.6 Anaphora Jeffrey King 3.7 Descriptions Peter Ludlow 3.8 Plurals Bernhard Nickel 3.9 Adverbs Delia Graff Fara 3.10 Mass Terms Jeff Pelletier 3.11 Indexicals and Demonstratives Allyson Mount 3.12 Indicative Conditionals Anthony Gillies 3.13 Subjunctive Conditionals Kai von Fintel 3.14 Questions Paul Hagstrom Part 4: Methodology 4.1 The Role of Experim
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Edinburgh University Press Deconstruction
Book SynopsisThis is the first volume to offer a selection of texts from the field of deconstruction in all its radical diversity. It examines the fortunes of the term deconstruction, and the ideas associated with it, in the work of the leading commentators on Derrida's texts.Trade ReviewProbably the best reader on deconstruction available today...Anyone interested in broadening their idea of what is at stake in deconstruction cannot afford to ignore this volume...A must for philosophy and literature courses. An extensive collection of passages by a wide variety of authors. I welcome this volume warmly as important and significant. This is an excellent volume. McQuillan has balanced nicely well-known texts by Derrida or others with texts that are hard to find, untranslated into English, or even still unpublished. A very useful volume not only for those who need an introduction to deconstruction, but as well for scholars who will be able quickly to find these essays and discover others they did not know. -- Peggy Kamuf, University of Southern California Probably the best reader on deconstruction available today...Anyone interested in broadening their idea of what is at stake in deconstruction cannot afford to ignore this volume...A must for philosophy and literature courses. An extensive collection of passages by a wide variety of authors. I welcome this volume warmly as important and significant. This is an excellent volume. McQuillan has balanced nicely well-known texts by Derrida or others with texts that are hard to find, untranslated into English, or even still unpublished. A very useful volume not only for those who need an introduction to deconstruction, but as well for scholars who will be able quickly to find these essays and discover others they did not know.Table of ContentsDeconstruction: A Reader; Edited by Martin McQuillan; Contents:; Acknowledgements; A Map of This Book; Introduction; Martin McQuillan, 'Five Strategies for Deconstruction'.; Avant la Lettre; Karl Marx, from Capital.; Sigmund Freud, 'A Note on the Mystic Writing Pad'.; Georges Bataille, 'Restricted and General Economy'.; Walter Benjamin, 'Critique of Violence'.; Martin Heidegger, 'The Task of Destroying the History of Ontology'.; Edmond Jabes, 'The Moment After'.; Paul Valery, 'In Praise of Water'.; Maurice Blanchot, 'On Friendship'.; 1. Opening Remarks; Jacques Derrida, 'A Number of Yes'.; 2. Philosophy; Christopher Norris, 'The Metaphysics of Presence: Plato, Rousseau, Saussure'.; Richard Rorty, 'Philosophy as a Kind of Writing'.; Rodolph Gasche, 'Deconstruction as Criticism'.; Geoffrey Bennington, 'Genuine Gasche (Perhaps)'.; Simon Critchley 'Black Socrates? Questioning the Philosophical Tradition'.; Jean-Francois Lyotard, 'Discussions, or Phrasing 'After Auschwitz".; 3. Literature; J. Hillis Miller, 'Derrida's Topographies'.; Paul de Man, 'Autobiography as De-Facement'.; Derek Attridge, 'Ghost Writing'.; Nicholas Royle, 'The Phantom Review'.; Catherine Belsey, 'Hamlet's Dilemma'.; Peggy Kamuf, 'The Ghosts of Critique and Deconstruction'.; 4. Culture; Geoffrey Bennington, 'Deconstruction is Not What you Think'.; Andrew Benjamin, 'Derrida, Architecture and Philosophy'.; Bernard Tschumi, 'Violence of Architecture'.; Richard Beardsworth, 'Thinking Technicity'.; Avital Ronell, 'Towards a Narcoanalysis'.; Judith Butler, 'Implicit Censorship and Discursive Agency'.; Fred Botting and Scott Wilson, 'Homoeconopoeisis 1'.; 5. Sexual Difference; Diane Elam, 'Unnecessary Introductions'.; Robert Young, 'The Same Difference: Deconstruction and the Theory of Sexual Difference'.; Barbara Johnson, 'Gender Theory and the Yale School'.; Rachel Bowlby, 'Domestication'.; Alexander Duttmann, 'Recognising The Virus'.; Helene Cixous, 'What Is It O'Clock? or The door (we never enter)'.; 6. Psychoanalysis; Geoffrey Hartman, 'Psychoanalysis: The French Connection'.; Nicolas Abraham and Maria Torok, from The Wolf Man's Magic Word.; Samuel Weber, 'The Sideshow, or: Remarks on a Canny Moment'.; Nicholas Royle, 'The Remains of Psychoanalysis (i): Telapathy'.; David Wills, from Prosthesis.; 7. Politics; Michael Ryan, 'Derrida and Marx'.; Willy Maley, 'Specters of Engels'.; Bill Readings, 'The Deconstruction of Politics'.; Gayatri Spivak, 'Practical Politics of the Open End'.; Ernesto Laclau, 'Why Do Empty Signifiers Matter in Politics?'; Homi K Bhabha, 'Of Mimicry and Man: The Ambivalence of Colonial Discourse'.; 8. Ethics; Emmanuel Levinas, 'Jacques Derrida: Wholly Otherwise'.; Robert Bernasconi, 'The Trace of Levinas in Derrida'.; Drucilla Cornell, 'Post-Structuralism, The Ethical Relation and the Law'.; Philipe Lacoue-Labarthe, 'In the Name of!'; Jean-Luc Nancy, 'What is to be Done?'; John D Caputo, 'God Is Not Differance'; 9. The Work of Mourning; Jacques Derrida, '(In Memorium) Paul de Man'.; Jacques Derrida, 'Text Read at Louis Althusser's Funeral'.; Jacques Derrida, 'Adieu: Emmanuel Levinas'.; Jacques Derrida, 'I'm going to have to wander all alone: Gilles Deleuze'.; Jacques Derrida, 'Friendship-Above-All: Jean-Francois Lyotard'.; 10. Closing Statements; Jacques Derrida and Pierre Mendes France, 'Open Letter to Bill Clinton'.; Jacques Derrida, 'Telepathy'.; Jacques Derrida, 'The Deconstruction of Actuality: An Interview with Jacques Derrida'.; Bibliographies; Bibliography I: Jacques Derrida; Bibliography II: Key Publications of Contributing Authors; Acknowledgements.
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Edinburgh University Press Language and Power in the Modern World
Book SynopsisThis book explores key areas of modern society in which language is used to form power and social relations. These are presented in five sections: Language and the Media; Language and Organisations; Language and Gender; Language and Youth; and Multilingualism, Identity and Ethnicity.Trade ReviewThis book is a welcome synthesis of the topic of language and power in our modern world. It succinctly brings together a variety of work that forms an integrated picture of the topics, work that is of theoretical importance and practical use for a critical study of language and power. It will provide a useful resource for a variety of sociolinguistics courses devoted partially or wholly to the issues it covers, as well as an important introduction to the growing field of CDA. This book is a welcome synthesis of the topic of language and power in our modern world. It succinctly brings together a variety of work that forms an integrated picture of the topics, work that is of theoretical importance and practical use for a critical study of language and power. It will provide a useful resource for a variety of sociolinguistics courses devoted partially or wholly to the issues it covers, as well as an important introduction to the growing field of CDA.Table of ContentsLanguage and the Media; Language and Organisations; Language and Gender; Language and Youth; Multilingualism, Identity and Ethnicity.
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Edinburgh University Press Key Thinkers in Linguistics and the Philosophy of
Book SynopsisThis is a unique and accessible reference guide to the work of figures who have played an important role in the development of ideas about language. It includes 80 entries on individual thinkers in the Western tradition, ranging from antiquity to the present day, chosen because of their impact on the description or theory of language.
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Edinburgh University Press Key Thinkers in Linguistics and the Philosophy of
Book SynopsisThis is a unique and accessible reference guide to the work of figures who have played an important role in the development of ideas about language. It includes 80 entries on individual thinkers in the Western tradition, ranging from antiquity to the present day, chosen because of their impact on the description or theory of language.Trade ReviewDue to the wide variety of disciplines represented and the encyclopaedic nature of the entries, the book will be of interest not only to students and scholars from many different backgrounds, but also to the general reader. Year's Work in English Studies ! the volume is of good quality, a valuable endeavour for bringing together linguistics and the philosophy of language. I find the volume very useful, quite easy to consult and use in teaching and research, especially valuable for under and postgraduates and I really believe that it filled a gap when this was really needed. -- Anca Gata LINGUIST list Due to the wide variety of disciplines represented and the encyclopaedic nature of the entries, the book will be of interest not only to students and scholars from many different backgrounds, but also to the general reader. ! the volume is of good quality, a valuable endeavour for bringing together linguistics and the philosophy of language. I find the volume very useful, quite easy to consult and use in teaching and research, especially valuable for under and postgraduates and I really believe that it filled a gap when this was really needed.
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Edinburgh University Press Untimely Politics
Book SynopsisChallenging the linear view of history which confines or predetermines the outcome of politics, this book argues for an 'untimely' politics, rendering the past problematic and the future unpredictable.Trade ReviewThis tough-minded book considers the politics of political theory... Admirably clear in dealing with difficult concepts, this book will interest theorists looking to deepen the critical project of 'poststructuralism'! This is a lively book, a good addition to EUP's admirably left-field series 'Taking on the Political', and Chambers is certainly 'one to watch'. [A] splendid and, yes, timely book This is an excitingly disruptive book. It offers a substantial thesis in philosophy and then employs it productively. It is lucid, argumentative and topical. It wastes no words. Packs a powerful intellectual punch that should at a minimum produce a thoughtful pause in an important debate about the status of contemporary theory and its relevance to political life. This tough-minded book considers the politics of political theory... Admirably clear in dealing with difficult concepts, this book will interest theorists looking to deepen the critical project of 'poststructuralism'! This is a lively book, a good addition to EUP's admirably left-field series 'Taking on the Political', and Chambers is certainly 'one to watch'. [A] splendid and, yes, timely book This is an excitingly disruptive book. It offers a substantial thesis in philosophy and then employs it productively. It is lucid, argumentative and topical. It wastes no words. Packs a powerful intellectual punch that should at a minimum produce a thoughtful pause in an important debate about the status of contemporary theory and its relevance to political life.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; Introduction: 'Time is Out of Joint'; Chapter 1: Language and the 'Burden' of Politics; Chapter 2: Experience Language, Broaching Untimeliness; Chapter 3: Spectral History, Untimely Theory; Chapter 4: Untimely Reading: Foucault's Evasive Maneuvers; Chapter 5: Untimely Agency: Having the Historical Sense to 'Bypass' Psychoanalytic Theory; Chapter 6: The Untimely Politics of DOMA; Bibliography.
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Edinburgh University Press Gilles Deleuzes Logic of Sense
Book SynopsisThis book offers the first critical study of Gilles Deleuze's The Logic of Sense, his most important work on language and ethics.Table of ContentsContentsChapter 1. Introduction to the logic of sense* Event and structure* Life and morals* Reading Logic of Sense* Preliminary critical questionsChapter 2. Language and event* Events as effects* Unfolding the circle of the proposition: denotation, manifestation, signification and sense* Sense and the circle* Series and paradox* Structure and esoteric words* Paradox and nonsenseChapter 3. Philosophy as event* Philosophy and diagrams* Height, depth and surface* Individuals* Singularities and sense* Transcendental deductions* Singularities and series* Problems* The connection of events* The ideal game* Static genesis* Deleuze and HusserlChapter 4. Morals and events* Placing the human* Principles for moral problems* How moral problems are replayed* How to act morally (principles)* How to act morally (examples)* The crack-up* Individuals, solipsism and the communication of events* Time and univocityChapter 5. Thought and the unconscious* The thinker deposed* Thought and problems* Seriation and the phantasm* Thought and sexuality* Dynamic genesisChapter 6. Conclusion: on method and metaphysicsBibliography
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Edinburgh University Press Key Ideas in Linguistics and the Philosophy of
Book SynopsisThis book offers introductory entries on 80 ideas that have shaped the study of language up to the present day. Entries are written by experts in the fields of linguistics and the philosophy of language to reflect the full range of approaches and modes of thought. Each entry includes a brief description of the idea, an account of its development, and its impact on the field of language study. The book is written in an accessible style with clear descriptions of technical terms, guides to further reading, and extensive cross-referencing between entries. A useful additional feature of this book is that it is cross-referenced throughout with Key Thinkers in Linguistics and the Philosophy of Language (Edinburgh, 2005), revealing significant connections and continuities in the two related disciplines. Ideas covered range from Sense Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Logic, through Generative Semantics, Cognitivism, and Conversation Analysis, to Political Correctness, Deconstruction, and Corpora.Table of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Acceptability/Grammaticality; Adequacy; Ambiguity/Vagueness; Analytic Philosophy; Analytic/Synthetic; Artificial Intelligence; Behaviourism; Cognitivism; Compositionality; Connotation/Denotation; Continuity; Conventional Meaning; Conversation Analysis; Corpora; Correspondence Theory; Creativity; Deconstruction; Deduction/Induction; Definite Descriptions; Descriptivism; (Critical) Discourse Analysis; Distinctive Features; Emic/Etic; Empiricism/Rationalism; Feminism; Generative Phonology; Generative Semantics; Glossematics; Holism; Ideational Theories; Implicature; Indeterminacy; Innateness; Integrationism; Intentionality; Intuition; Language Games; Language of Thought; Langue/Parole; Linguistic Relativity; Linguistic Variable; Logic; Logical Form; Logical Positivism; Mentalism; Metaphor; Minimalism; Modality; Model Theoretic Semantics; Names; Nonnatural Meaning; Optimality Theory; Ordinary Language Philosophy; Performatives; Phoneme; Politeness; Political Correctness; Port Royal Logic; Possible World Semantics; Poststructuralism; Presupposition; Private Language; Propositional Attitudes; Propositions; Prototype; Psychoanalysis; Relevance Theory; Sense Data; Sense/Reference; Signs and Semiotics; Situational Semantics; Speech act theory; Structuralism; Systemic-Functional Grammar; Transformational-Generative; Grammar; Truth Theories; Truth Value; Type/Token; Universal Grammar; Use/Mention; Index.
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Edinburgh University Press Language and Logics
Book SynopsisTaking the linguistics students beyond the classical logic used in introductory courses into the variety of non standard logics that are commonly used in research, this book embraces a variety of material, including modal logic, partial logic, situation semantics and the growing area of the substructural logics, starting with simple and more.
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Edinburgh University Press A Process Philosophy of Signs
Book SynopsisJames Williams sets out a new process philosophy of signs where signs are processes, not fixed relations. He develops his argument through a formal model and a series of case studies. He engages in dialogue with the philosophies of Deleuze and Whitehead, and in critical discussion with contemporary and historical theories of the sign.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Speaking Philosophically
Book SynopsisWestern philosophy has often claimed for itself not just a distinct sphere of knowledge, but a distinct form of communication, set against ordinary speech. In Speaking Philosophically, Thomas Sutherland proposes that for some philosophers, authentic philosophizing demands a specific manner of speaking or writing, adoption of which enables one to gesture toward truths that propositional speech will never grasp. Drawing on a variety of thinkers Heraclitus, Plato, Kant, Fichte, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Weil, Foucault, and Irigaray Sutherland argues this emphasis on the form of philosophical communication can function as an exclusionary mechanism, determining who is deemed capable of speaking philosophically.Trade ReviewA stunningly original investigation of philosophical expression. Focused less on the content of Western systems of philosophy and more on the challenge of their communicability, the book raises fascinating questions about what philosophizing says, and cannot say, how it speaks, and what that tells us. * Garnet C. Butchart, Associate Professor, Duquesne University, USA *Drawn to an other without which thinking would remain mute, Speaking Philosophically is both a declaration of love and an appeal for a rethinking of philosophers’ relationship with language—a depth hermeneutics by which the “love of wisdom” is brought back to its discursive provenance as it engages speech and writing in perpetuity. * Briankle G. Chang, Professor of Communication, University of Massachusetts, US *Thomas Sutherland has produced an excellent book that interrogates the dynamic boundaries and intersections between language, philosophy, knowledge, and subjectivity. Whilst many students and scholars will already be familiar with the ideas of Plato, Kant, and Foucault, Sutherland masterfully weaves Fichte, Simone Weil, and other less famous thinkers into his brilliant narrative. The book makes a major contribution to our understanding of communication and reason today. * Darrow Schecter, Professor of Critical Theory & Modern European History, University of Sussex, UK *Table of ContentsIntroduction: A Philosophical Manner Of Speaking 1. Escaping The Noise Of The City: Heraclitus’ Logos 2. Speaking In The Presence Of Truth: Plato And Dialectic 3. Speaking Appropriately: The Philosophical Work Ethic In Immanuel Kant 4. The Foundation Within Us: J.G. Fichte On The Role Of The Scholar 5. A New Breed Of Philosophers: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Tyrannical Impulse 6. The Mark Of A True Christian: Søren Kierkegaard On Solitude 7. Aspiring To A Higher Good: Speaking Of Afbliction With Simone Weil 8. Writing At The Limits Of History: Michel Foucault And Unreason 9. Speaking With Borrowed Words: Strategic Mimesis In Luce Irigaray BIbliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Translation Beyond Translation Studies
Book SynopsisKobus Marais is Professor of Translation Studies at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.Trade ReviewIn recent years, Kobus Marais has earned himself the reputation of “a disturber of the peace” in translation studies. This volume, featuring contributions from a broad range of disciplines, will no doubt create fresh waves in all things translational, spreading farther and wider than ever before. -- Piotr Blumczynski, Queen’s University Belfast, UKFor years we have been attempting to go beyond translation studies, with inter- and even transdisciplinary approaches. This book finally offers an example of how translation as a semiotic process can be studied in widely different fields and domains. This timely volume explores the multiplicity of forms of translational processes, from mathematics to biology and computer science to ecology, inviting us to consider the variety and complexity of translational phenomena. The book itself is a fascinating translation project! -- Siri Nergaard, University of South-Eastern Norway, NorwayTable of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors Introduction: What does it Mean to Translate? Kobus Marais (University of the Free State, South Africa) Part I. Translation in the Natural Sciences 1. Translating into and from Mathematics, Mihai Nadin (University of Texas, USA) 2. ‘Translating’ Geometric into Arithmetic Reasoning as a Case of Negentropic Semiotic Work, Michael H. G. Hoffmann (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) 3. The ‘Carrying Over’ and Entanglement of Practices in the Computer Science and Translation Communities, David Vampola (SUNY Oswego, USA) 4. Biology of Translation: The Role of Agents, Alexei A. Sharov (National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, USA) 5. Translation in Medical Science and Biomedical Research, Steve Reid (University of Cape Town, South Africa) and Delva Shamley (University of Cape Town, South Africa) PART II. Translation in the Social Sciences 6. Interlingual, Intralingual and Intersemiotic Translation in Law, Agnieszka Doczekalska (Kozminski University, Poland) and Lucja Biel (University of Warsaw, Poland) 7. Translation Approaches Within Organisation Studies, Susanne Tietze (Sheffield Hallam University, UK), Rebecca Piekkari (Aalto University, Finland) and Kaisa Koskinen (University of Tampere, Finland) PART III. Translation in the Humanities 8. Literary Translation in Electronic Literature and Digital Humanities, Chris Tanasescu (University of Louvain, Belgium) and Raluca Tanasescu (University of Groningen, the Netherlands) 9. Translating Friendship Alternatively Through Disciplines, Epochs, and Cultures, Claus Emmeche (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) 10. Meaning-Making Processes in Religious Translation involving Sacred Space, Jacobus A. Naudé and Cynthia L. Miller-Naudé (University of the Free State, South Africa) 11. Translation between Non-Humans and Humans, Xany Jansen van Vuuren (University of the Free State, South Africa) 12. Translation in Intermedial Studies, João Queiroz (Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil), Ana Paula Vitorio da Costa (University of the Free State, South Africa) and Ana Luiza Fernandes (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Babylonian Planet
Book SynopsisWhat is astro-culture? In The Babylonian Planet it is unfolded as an aesthetic, an idea, a field of study, a position, and a practice. It helps to engineer the shift from a world view that is segregated to one that is integrated from global to planetary; from distance to intimacy and where closeness and cosmic distance live side-by-side.In this tour de force, Sonja Neef takes her cue from Edouard Glissant's vision of multilingualism and reignites the myth of the Tower of Babel to anticipate new forms of cultural encounter. For her, Babel is an organic construction site at which she fuses theoretical analysis and case studies of artists, writers and thinkers like William Kentridge, Orhan Pamuk and Immanuel Kant. Her skilful interrogations then allow her to paint a portrait of art and culture that abolishes the horizon as a barrier to vision and reclaims it as a place of contact and relation. By combining the Babylonian concept of the enTrade ReviewWe can now say that Sonja Neef’s thinking about and analysis of encounters in the era of globalisation was prophetic. When she wrote these essays, the sense of urgency about the care for the planet, and the importance of the intercultural encounters that the qualifier “Babylonion” habours, were not as keen as they are today. We miss her wisdom and insight, but at least we now have this book - a monument of sorts. * Mieke Bal, Professor of Cultural Analysis, Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA), The Netherlands *The Babylonian Planet rethinks human civilization in terms of its virtually planetary distribution in time and space. Its comprehensive narrative integrates millennial events of language, communication, mediation, and translation with significant and precisely denoted cultural forms and traces the intertextual lines of their historical transformations in the movement from globalization to planetization. * Bruce Clarke, Paul Whitfield Horn Distinguished Professor of Literature and Science, Texas Tech University, USA *The Babylonian Planet reinvents cultural studies under the prism of planetarization by the use of a creative and convincing methodology, mixing issues as diverse as mythology and deconstruction or cosmos and globalization, while underlining the essential need to thinking translation culturally. The ultimate work of a great figure of cultural studies too quickly disappeared, whose perspective remains of an extreme topicality. * Damien Ehrhardt, Associate Professor, University of Paris-Saclay in Evry, France *Table of ContentsPreface Chapter 1: The Babylonian Planet Chapter 2: Europe: Myth and Translation Chapter 3: On the Shores … of the Cité Nationale de l’Histoire de l’Immigration in Paris Chapter 4: Outre Mér(e) : Jacques Derrida and the Mediterranean Chapter 5: The Southern Cross: Planetarism of Alexander von Humboldt and François Arago Chapter 6: Sublunar: Star Friendship in Orhan Pamuk‘s The White Castle Chapter 7: In Orbit over the Earth: The Constellation of a Suitcase. Chapter 8: Intergalactic: Universal Translation: Immanuel Kant, Spaceship Enterprise, and the Circulation of the Planets Chapter 9: Heaven on Earth: Paul, a Cosmopolitan? Finally: East Pole and West Pole References
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Systemic Semiotics
Book SynopsisAgainst the background of often esoteric literature in semiotics, this book offers a fresh and rigorous new interpretation of how to approach the study of communication, signs and meaning. Grounded in a deductive theory of interacting systems, Piotr Sadowski''s book provides an accessible account of the hierarchy of communication.Divided into two parts, this book argues in the first section that a deductive semiotic theory generates communication situations of increasing complexity, from contiguous communication to indirect, referential forms based on indexical, iconic, and symbolic signs. Within this system, Sadowski explains how key concepts of the semiotic model such as information, parainformation and metainformation can account for degrees of cognitive complexity of communication processes, including the perception and interpretation of signs on literal and figurative levels. After this clear, step-by-step exposition of the theory of interacting systems, Systemic SeTrade ReviewSystemic Semiotics is grounded in the real world and delightful in its fresh exploration of the universe of communication and meaning. The discussion encompasses everything from rock carvings and body decoration in prehistory to current art, cinema, and language; it is always thoughtful and free from jargon. Sadowski opens the reader's eyes with a rich and provocative understanding of the dynamics of meaning and consciousness. -- Jeffrey L. Kallen, Fellow Emeritus and Visiting Research Fellow, Centre for Language and Communication Studies, Trinity College Dublin, IrelandThis fresh and innovative study displays a very confident and provocative reading of systemic semiotics, with insightful analysis of classic films including Blowup and its short story adaptation, together with the magic of The Purple Rose of Cairo that both scholars and students will find very stimulating. -- Pat Brereton, Professor in the School of Communications, Dublin City University, IrelandTable of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Theory 1. Interaction as Communication 2. Types of Communication 3. Information and Levels of Meaning 4. Between Indexicality and Iconicity 5. The (Mostly) Symbolic Signs of Verbal Language Part II: Applications 6. Oscar Wilde and Dynamism of Character 7. The Esthetics of Light in Early Cinema 8. Photography and the Limitations of Indexicality in Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blowup (1966) 9. The Iconicity of the Pictorial Frame 10. The Iconic Magic of Cinema in Woody Allen’s The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) Postscript Notes Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Radial Method of the Middle Wittgenstein
Book SynopsisSpanning the period between Wittgenstein's return to Cambridge in 1929 and the first version of Philosophical Investigations in 1936, Piotr Dehnel explores the middle stage in Ludwig Wittgenstein's philosophical development and identifies the major issues which engrossed him, including phenomenology, philosophy of mathematics and philosophy of language. Contrary to the dominant perspective, Dehnel argues that this period was intrinsically different from the early and late stages and should not be viewed as a mere transitional phase. The distinctiveness of Wittgenstein's middle work can be seen in his philosophical thinking as it unfolds in a non-linear trajectory: thoughts do not follow upon each other, ideas do not appear sequentially one by one, and insights do not form a straight chain. Dehnel portrays the diffused and multifarious quality of Wittgenstein's middle thinking, enabling readers to form a more comprehensive view of his entire philosophy and acquire a better grasp Trade ReviewThe book sheds an interesting new light on interpretations of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s philosophy as it offers one of the first explorations of his concepts between the Tractatus and the Philosophical Investigations. The author argues that, rather than developing in a linear sequence from insight to insight and from idea to idea, Wittgenstein’s thought in the middle period expands radially, unfolding in several directions at the same time. A must-read for Wittgenstein researchers, the book is certainly of profound interest to humanities scholars and social scientists alike. * Leszek Koczanowicz, Professor of Philosophy and Cultural Studies, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Poland *This book offers broad hermeneutic explanations of Wittgenstein’s writings from 1929 to 1936. They are based on a thorough knowledge of the source material, which they place in the context of his thought and its philosophical environment. I am impressed with the scientific merit of the present work. * Herbert Hrachovec, Associate Professor at the Institute for Philosophy, University of Vienna, Austria *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Phenomenological Turn 2. Verification: 1929-1932 3. Wittgenstein’s Critique of Frege in the Notes of 1929-1932 4. ‘A Clever Man got Caught in this Net of Language’: Wittgenstein’s Attack on Set Theory 5. The Big Typescript as a Work of the Middle Period 6. P.S. Understanding, Expecting, Wishing 7. Magic, Rituals and Philosophy: Wittgenstein on Frazer’s The Golden Bough 8. Wittgenstein as a Philosopher of Culture Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC A Poetic Philosophy of Language
Book SynopsisConnecting poetry and philosophy of language, Philip Mills bridges the continental and analytical divide by bringing together the writings of Nietzsche and Wittgenstein. Through an expressivist philosophy of poetry, he argues that we can understand some of the core questions in the philosophy of language.Mills highlights the continuity of poetic language with ordinary language, and positions Nietzsche and Wittgenstein's thinking as the clearest way to expand the philosophy of poetry. By tracing the expressivist tradition of philosophy of language, this study locates its roots in German Romanticism right through to the work of contemporary expressivists such as Huw Price and Robert Brandom. Where poetry has been difficult to grasp with the traditional philosophical tools used by aestheticians, A Poetic Philosophy of Language operates at the crossroads between philosophy of art and language, proposing a new philosophy of poetry with wide-ranging potentialities.Trade ReviewMills’ central question is compelling: what might the core questions of a traditionally ‘representationalist’ philosophy of language look like when viewed through the lens of a ‘poetic expressivism’? The answer, drawing on Nietzsche and Wittgenstein, is no less compelling, and admirably negotiates analytic, continental and pragmatic philosophical traditions. Highly recommended. * Sean Bowden, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Deakin University, Australia *In a world of scarce resources and powerful technologies that are unequally shared, human life threatens to collapse into unavoidable, viciously competitive getting and spending. Philip Mills makes a powerful, urgent case that poetry can help us to see our lives otherwise. * Richard Eldridge, Charles and Harriett Cox McDowell Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Swarthmore College, USA *Table of ContentsA Tale of Two Divides: Towards a Philosophy of Poetry 1.Language, Representation, and Metaphysics 2.German Philosophy of Language as Romantic Expressivism 3.Pragmatic Expressivism: Brandom, Price, Blackburn 4.From Wittgenstein to Nietzsche and Back 5.Poetry After Nietzsche and Wittgenstein 6.Towards a Perspectival Poetics Conclusion: A Poetic Philosophy of Language Notes Bibliography Index
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Edinburgh University Press Immersion
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Edinburgh University Press Literature and Psychoanalysis Open Questions
Book SynopsisInspired by Shoshana Felman s 1977 volume, Literature and Psychoanalysis: The Question of Reading (Otherwise)
£999.99
Edinburgh University Press Language and Meaning in the Age of Modernism
Book SynopsisThis book explores the influential currents in the philosophy of language and linguistics of the first half of the twentieth century, from the perspective of the English scholar C. K. Ogden (1889 1957). It reveals links between early analytic philosophy, semiotics and linguistics in a crucial period of their respective histories.
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Edinburgh University Press Language and Meaning in the Age of Modernism
Book SynopsisThis book explores the influential currents in the philosophy of language and linguistics of the first half of the twentieth century, from the perspective of the English scholar C. K. Ogden (18891957). It reveals links between early analytic philosophy, semiotics and linguistics in a crucial period of their respective histories.
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Edinburgh University Press Rethinking Whitehead s Symbolism
Book Synopsis11 essays by leading Whitehead scholars re-examinae Whitehead s Barbour-Page lectures, published as the book Symbolism: Its Meaning and Effect in 1927, to give you exciting insights into the contemporary implications of Whitehead's symbolism in an era of new scientific, cultural and technological developments.
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Edinburgh University Press Rethinking Whiteheads Symbolism
Book Synopsis11 essays by leading Whitehead scholars re-examinae Whitehead's Barbour-Page lectures, published as the book 'Symbolism: Its Meaning and Effect' in 1927, to give you exciting insights into the contemporary implications of Whitehead's symbolism in an era of new scientific, cultural and technological developments.
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Edinburgh University Press Language and Process
Book SynopsisMichael Halewood uses ideas from analytic philosophy, continental philosophyand social theory to look at how language relates to the world, and the world to language. He primarily draws on the work of Alfred North Whitehead, and incorporating the ideas of Gilles Deleuze, John Dewey and Luce Irigaray, to view the world as 'in process'.
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Edinburgh University Press Language and Process
Book SynopsisMichael Halewood uses ideas from analytic philosophy, continental philosophy and social theory to look at how language relates to the world, and the world to language. He primarily draws on the work of Alfred North Whitehead, and incorporating the ideas of Gilles Deleuze, John Dewey and Luce Irigaray, to view the world as 'in process'.
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Hyphen
Book SynopsisObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.To hyphenate or not to hyphenate has been a central point of controversy since before the imprinting of the first Gutenberg Bible. And yet, the hyphen has persisted, bringing and bridging new words and concepts. Hyphen follows the story of the hyphen from antiquityHyphen is derived from an ancient Greek word meaning to tie together to the present, but also uncovers the politics of the hyphen and the role it plays in creating identities. The journey of this humble piece of connective punctuation reveals the quiet power of an orthographic concept to speak to the travails of hyphenated individuals all over the world. Hyphen is ultimately a compelling story about the powerful ways that language and identity intertwine. Mahdaviherself a hyphenated Iranian-Americanweaves in her own experiences struggling to find a sense of self amidst feelings of betwixt and between. ThroTrade ReviewThe hyphen, which may not technically qualify as a punctuation mark, because it operates at the level of the word rather than the sentence—it doesn’t make you pause (though it may give you pause)—has inspired not one great book but two: “Meet Mr. Hyphen (And Put Him in His Place),” a classic by Edward N. Teall, published in 1937, and “Hyphen,” by Pardis Mahdavi, which came out in 2021. Mahdavi, an Iranian-American (hyphen hers), was a dean at Arizona State University when she tackled this project, as part of a series for Bloomsbury Academic called Object Lessons, “about the hidden lives of ordinary things.” -- Mary Norris * The New Yorker *While the hyphen shines as a connector of compound words and allows them, over time, to take on new meanings, for the author its true magic lies in its ability to harmonize and honor a person's individuality. * Shelf Awareness *Mahdavi's compelling histories offer guidance for a way out of a struggle that binds us all within so many unhelpful and frankly boring binaries. The book rules. * The Stranger *Part memoir, part meditation, this book, like the hyphen, is small but mighty. Mahdavi weaves together the line-breaking history of a typographical mark with the heart-breaking choices faced by those living hyphenated lives—Chinese-American, African-American, Mexican-American—in the United States. Mahdavi draws on her ethnographic skills to reveal how the hyphen can punctuate lives, tearing them apart. Yet the hyphen's connective force cannot be underestimated. Ultimately, as an Iranian-American, Mahdavi urges refusal, showing us that to embrace the hyphen is to choose wholeness. * Elizabeth Chin, Professor of Media Design Practices, ArtCenter College of Design, USA, and Editor-in-Chief of American Anthropologist *Table of ContentsPreface Part 1 Ancestors Worshipped 1. My Big Fat Persian Wedding (Pardis) 2. U-Hyphens 3. Ancestors Hear My Prayers (Daniel) 4. Hyphen Justification – Gutenberg and His Travails 5. Lost in Migration (AdeChike) 6. Like Water for Chocolate (Ania) Part 2 Hyphen as Divider 7. Scolding Private Hyphen 8. Pardis 9/11 9. Ade 10. A Hyphen Set in Stone 11. Dani 12. Ania 2.0 Part 3 The Death and Re-birth of the Hyphen(ated) 13. Hyphen Thief On-The-Loose? 14. The Big Moment 15. The Big Game 16. The Big Debate 17. The Big Read 18. The Big Reveal Acknowledgments Endnotes Index
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