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Linguistic Luck
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Author : Abrol Fairweather
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2023-05-23
Linguistic Luck written by Abrol Fairweather and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-23 with Philosophy categories.
Despite the considerable attention the topic of luck has received in ethics and epistemology, very little has been published in the philosophical literature overtly on linguistic luck. The essays collected here provide the first sustained examination of the diverse forms of linguistic luck, the mechanisms available to reduce the impact of linguistic luck and how to cope with residual luck not eliminated by the causal, inferential, and intentional mechanisms which aim at its eradication. Of primary interest is not some, hitherto unnoticed widespread prevalence of luck in the determinants of meaning and communication, but rather the impressive extent to which luck is reduced or eliminated therein. Whether through casual, inferential or intentional means, the determinants of meaning and communication are impressively independent of luck and chance. In fact, it is difficult to imagine a world with human language where efforts to communicate succeed no better than chance. Linguistic communication is only possible because robust luck reducing variables are at work. The essays collected seek to understand the diversity, scope and mode of operation of luck reducing mechanisms in language. While it is not possible here to cover the full range of linguistic phenomena affected by luck, a wide range of issues in linguistics and philosophy of language are investigated, including, syntax processing, demonstrative reference, conversational implicature, testimony, lexical innovation, joint attention, communicative value, conventionalism vs. anti-conventionalism, metasemantic safety, and semantic skepticism, to name a few.
Rewriting Language
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Author : Christiane Luck
language : en
Publisher: UCL Press
Release Date : 2020-02-06
Rewriting Language written by Christiane Luck and has been published by UCL Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-06 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Inclusive language remains a hot topic. Despite decades of empirical evidence and revisions of formal language use, many inclusive adaptations of English and German continue to be ignored or contested. But how to convince speakers of the importance of inclusive language? Rewriting Language provides one possible answer: by engaging readers with the issue, literary texts can help to raise awareness and thereby promote wider linguistic change.
The Secret Language Of Luck
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Author : Gary Goldschneider
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
The Secret Language Of Luck written by Gary Goldschneider and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Astrology categories.
Based on his unique and internationally recognized system that tracks the two most important planets for success in daily life--Jupiter and Saturn--Goldschneider has written the definitive book on how to promote good luck in all areas of life through the year 2021.
Astrolinguistics
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Author : Alexander Ollongren
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-11-27
Astrolinguistics written by Alexander Ollongren and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-27 with Science categories.
In linguistics, one of the main areas of modern research involves the capabilities and possibilities of there being a "lingua cosmica," a LINCOS, a universal language that could be used to communicate with non-human intelligences. This book touches on the area of the development and use of a "lingua universalis" for interstellar communication, but it also presents concepts that cover a broad area of linguistics. Chomsky's paradigm on universal properties of natural languages, for a long time a leading general theory of natural languages, includes the strong assumption that humans are born with some kind of universals stored in their brains. Are there universals of this kind of language used by intelligent beings and societies elsewhere in the universe? We do not know whether such languages exist. It seems to be impossible to determine, simply because the universe is too large for an exhaustive search. Even verification will be hard to obtain, without quite a bit of luck. This book uses astrolinguistic principles in message construction and is helpful in clarifying and giving perspective to discussions on existential questions such as these.
Luck Fate And Fortune
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Author : Esther Eidinow
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2011-01-04
Luck Fate And Fortune written by Esther Eidinow and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-04 with History categories.
The impulse to try to anticipate the future, and make sense of apparently random events, is irrepressible. Why and how the ancient Greeks tried to foretell the outcome of the present is the subject of Esther Eidinow's lively appraisal, which explores the legacy of ancient Greek notions of luck, fate and fortune in our own era, drawing on approaches to cognitive anthropology. Perhaps the most famous of all sites of prediction is the Oracle at Delphi. But the Delphic Oracle is only the best-known example from a landscape covered by oracular sanctuaries; while across the literary genres of antiquity there are myriad tales - such as that of doomed Oedipus - which wrestle with the cruel vicissitudes of fate and fortune. Exploring some of the key ideas of ancient Greek culture that resonate with modern conceptions of destiny, Eidinow examines the ancients' notion of luck as a means to explain daily experiences. Focusing on writers such as Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides and Demosthenes, the author shows how concepts of fate in antiquity changed over time, in response to social and political currents. She draws too on modern cultural texts like "Terminator 2" and "Lawrence of Arabia", demonstrating how the recurring questions 'what if?' and 'why me?' are fundamental to the human relationship with an uncertain future, whether it be in the ancient past or the present day.
Do You Know Your Price The Joy Luck Club
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Author : Andrea Fung
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2017-09-22
Do You Know Your Price The Joy Luck Club written by Andrea Fung and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-22 with Literary Criticism categories.
Essay from the year 2012 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, , language: English, abstract: "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan portrays four Chinese women who migrated from China to the United States, still filled with the pain of the past and traditional Chinese culture. The interlocked stories in the book follow the development of the influence of the women's experience on their respective daughters, who are born in the United States. Due to some traumatic experiences, the mothers could not and cannot freely and independently live their lives, so in the United States, where equality between male and female can be found, they put all their hopes on their daughters, hoping that they can be crafted into bright persons in the future under their mothers’ nursing. The daughters are thus to shine and thrive in the booming country, rather unlike the ancient Chinese women, who must be subservient to men.
Rewriting Language
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Author : Christiane Luck
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
Rewriting Language written by Christiane Luck and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Language and languages categories.
Rewriting Language explores how literary texts can promote more inclusive language use.
Give Luck With The Adjective Endings A Push Start
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Author : Harry Fuchs
language : de
Publisher: The Languager GmbH
Release Date : 2023-06-22
Give Luck With The Adjective Endings A Push Start written by Harry Fuchs and has been published by The Languager GmbH this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-22 with Foreign Language Study categories.
Are adjective endings a matter of luck? Do they have to do with a feeling for language? Or do they follow a system? No matter - we offer an approach for every type of learner. The riddle of German grammar solved! - This new series of 18 short essays provides the key to demystifying the German language - compact, logical and simple.
Publications Of The Modern Language Association Of America
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Publications Of The Modern Language Association Of America written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Philology, Modern categories.
Contemporary Applied Linguistics Volume 1
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Author : Li Wei
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2009-08-23
Contemporary Applied Linguistics Volume 1 written by Li Wei and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-23 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
A comprehensive survey of the ways in which linguistics is being used by researchers in a wide-range of interdisciplinary areas.