[PDF] Thetics And Categoricals eBook

Author : Werner Abraham
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 21,69 MB
Release : 2020-07-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027260877

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Thetics and Categoricals do not belong to the categories of German grammar. Thetics were introduced in logic as impersonal and broad focus constructions. They left profound and extensive traces in the logic of the late 19th century. For the class of thetic propositions, the criterion of textual exclusion plays the major role, i.e. the absence of any common grounds and of any anaphorism and background. In the foreground are sentences with sub­ject inversion, subject suppression and detopicalization. These and only these are suitable for text begin­nings, jokes, stage advertisements and solipsistic exclamatives, thus speech acts without com­mu­nicative goals – free expressives in the true sense of the word. The contribu­tions in this volume not only guide the reader through the history of philosophical logic and distributions of impersonals in contrast to Kantian categorical sentences, but also the correspondences in Japanese and Chinese which, in contrast to German and English, sport specific morphological markers for thetics as opposed to categoricals.

Author : Stephen P. Engstrom
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 10,21 MB
Release : 2009-08-27
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ISBN : 0674053796

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Immanuel Kant's claim that the categorical imperative of morality is based in practical reason has long been a source of puzzlement and doubt, even for sympathetic interpreters. In The Form of Practical Knowledge, Stephen Engstrom provides an illuminating new interpretation of the categorical imperative, arguing that we have exaggerated and misconceived Kant's break with tradition. By developing an account of practical knowledge that situates Kant's ethics within his broader epistemology, Engstrom’s work deepens and reshapes our understanding of Kantian ethics.

Author : H. J. Paton
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 39,38 MB
Release : 1971-10-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780812210231

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A classic exposition of Kant's ethical thought.

Author : Werner Abraham
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 16,61 MB
Release : 2020-09-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1108861083

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What do we mean when we say things like 'If only we knew what he was up to!' Clearly this is more than just a message, or a question to our addressee. We are expressing simultaneously that we don't know, and also that we wish to know. Several modes of encoding contribute to such modalities of expression: word order, subordinating subjunctions, sentences that are subordinated but nevertheless occur autonomously, and attitudinal discourse adverbs which, far beyond lexical adverbials of modality, allow the speaker and the listener to presuppose full agreement, partial agreement under presupposed conditions, or negotiation of common ground. This state of the art survey proposes a new model of modality, drawing on data from a variety of Germanic and Slavic languages to find out what is cross-linguistically universal about modality, and to argue that it is a constitutive part of human cognition.

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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 886 pages
File Size : 36,29 MB
Release : 2013-08-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3110886006

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Mouton proudly presents this collection of articles considered to be representative of author achievements over the past quarter-century of its publishing history. A selection, of course, can do little more than make the readers wish for more; it is hoped that these volumes will do just that. The book contains essays on Phonology, Morphology, Formal Syntax, Functional Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Language and Cognition, Language Acquisition, Discourse and Text, Sociology of Language, Semiotics.

Author : H. J. Paton
Publisher :
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 13,8 MB
Release : 2008-06-01
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ISBN : 9781436713993

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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.