| Author | : Charles H. Long |
| Publisher | : Augsburg Fortress Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 224 |
| Release | : 1986 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : |
An Advanced Introduction to Semantics
| Author | : Igor Mel'čuk |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 452 |
| Release | : 2020-04-02 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 1108631630 |
This book is an advanced introduction to semantics that presents this crucial component of human language through the lens of the 'Meaning-Text' theory - an approach that treats linguistic knowledge as a huge inventory of correspondences between thought and speech. Formally, semantics is viewed as an organized set of rules that connect a representation of meaning (Semantic Representation) to a representation of the sentence (Deep-Syntactic Representation). The approach is particularly interesting for computer assisted language learning, natural language processing and computational lexicography, as our linguistic rules easily lend themselves to formalization and computer applications. The model combines abstract theoretical constructions with numerous linguistic descriptions, as well as multiple practice exercises that provide a solid hands-on approach to learning how to describe natural language semantics.
The Imaginary Institution of Society
| Author | : Cornelius Castoriadis |
| Publisher | : MIT Press |
| Total Pages | : 430 |
| Release | : 1987 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 9780262531559 |
This is one of the most original and important works of contemporaryEuropean thought. First published in France in 1975, it is the major theoretical work of one of the foremost thinkers in Europe today. This is one of the most original and important works of contemporary European thought. First published in France in 1975, it is the major theoretical work of one of the foremost thinkers in Europe today. Castoriadis offers a brilliant and far-reaching analysis of the unique character of the social-historical world and its relations to the individual, to language, and to nature. He argues that most traditional conceptions of society and history overlook the essential feature of the social-historical world, namely that this world is not articulated once and for all but is in each case the creation of the society concerned. In emphasizing the element of creativity, Castoriadis opens the way for rethinking political theory and practice in terms of the autonomous and explicit self-institution of society.
Grammatical Theory and Philosophy of Language in Antiquity
| Author | : Pierre Swiggers |
| Publisher | : Peeters Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 376 |
| Release | : 2002 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 9789042911437 |
This collective volume contains studies in the field of ancient grammar, poetics and philosophy of language. The contributions, written by specialists in the field, focus on central themes in the historiography of ancient linguistics, such as the status of grammar as a discipline in Antiquity, the relationship between poetics and grammatical theory, the constitution and development of the word class system, the descriptive format of grammars, the nature and description of specific word classes, the development of grammatical argumentation. In addition, several methodological issues in the study of ancient grammar and philosophy of language are dealt with: the problem of continuity vs. discontinuity in the history of linguistic thought, the role of schoolroom activities in the development of grammatical description and theory-formation, and problems concerning "tradition", "influence" and "originality" in ancient linguistics. The volume is rounded off with extensive indices of proper names, concepts and technical terms.
Selling a 'Just' War
| Author | : M. Butler |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 298 |
| Release | : 2012-02-14 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 0230374980 |
Butler sheds light on how American political leaders sell the decision to intervene with military force to the public and how a just war frame is employed in US foreign policy. He provides three post-Cold War examples of foreign policy crises: the Persian Gulf War (1990-91), Kosovo (1999), and Afghanistan (2001).
Society and Psyche
| Author | : Kanakis Leledakis |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 235 |
| Release | : 2020-08-25 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 100032558X |
Providing interpretations and drawing critically from classical and modern social theory, post-structuralism, and psychoanalytic theory, this original study offers an alternative way of thinking about the social and the individual. It offers critical analyses of, among others, Marx, Giddens, Bourdieu, Derrida, Laclau and Mouffe, Castoriadis, Freud and modern psychoanalytic theorists, and considers their roles in advancing our present-day conceptualization of the social and the self. In theorizing that behaviour is both socially determined and autonomous, it avoids the impasses of either individualist or structuralist approaches.
Meaning, Subjectivity, Society
| Author | : Karl E. Smith |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 276 |
| Release | : 2010-01-11 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 9004190554 |
This book grapples with questions at the core of philosophy and social theory – Who am I? Who are we? How are we to live? That is, questions of what humans are capable of, the ‘nature’ of our relationships to each other and to the world around us, and how we should live. They appear to be both prohibitive and seductive – that they are ultimately irresolvable makes it tempting to leave them alone, yet we cannot do that either. This interdisciplinary investigation proceeds primarily as a dialogue with Cornelius Castoriadis and Charles Taylor.
