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ISBN: 9789004445970 , 9789004445901

Series Statement: Grammars and Sketches of the World's Languages ; 14

Content: This is the first broad, detailed grammar of the Giziga language, which belongs to the Chadic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family. The language is spoken in parts of the Far North Region of the Republic of Cameroon and can be divided into two dialects, Giziga and Northern Giziga, with about 80,000 native speakers in total. This volume describes the Giziga dialect, occasionally referring to the Northern variety, and aims to provide new information about this and other Afro-Asiatic languages for further research in linguistics, history, anthropology, sociology and related fields. The book will also be a tool helping Giziga speakers preserve their language, history and culture for future generations.

Note: Acknowledgments -- List of Tables -- Abbreviations -- 1 The Giziga Language -- 1 Name, Classification, and Geographical Location -- 2 Existing Literature -- 3 Data Sources -- 4 Notes on Data and Transcription -- 5 Outline of the Grammar -- 6 Conclusion -- 2 Phonology -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Consonants -- 3 Vowels -- 4 Syllable Structures and Syllabification -- 5 Phonotactics -- 6 Tone -- 7 Conclusions -- 3 Verbs -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Nature of the Underlying Form -- 3 Structural Classes of Verbs -- 4 Tone in the Verbal Piece -- 5 Monosyllabic Verbs -- 6 Bisyllabic Verbs -- 7 Deriving the Infinitive Stem -- 8 Deriving the Participial Stem -- 9 Conclusions -- 4 Nouns, Pronouns and Noun Phrases -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Phonology of Nouns -- 3 Vowel-Final Nouns -- 4 Glide-Final Nouns -- 5 Consonant-Final Nouns -- 6 Derived Nouns -- 7 Semantic Categories of Nouns -- 8 Conjoining Noun Phrases -- 9 Independent Pronouns -- 10 The Noun Phrase -- 11 Modifying Constructions -- 12 Number in the Noun Phrase -- 13 Conclusions -- 5 Coding Grammatical Relations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Subject -- 3 Object Suffixes -- 4 Classes of Verbs -- 5 Conclusions -- 6 Coding Semantic Relations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Default Semantic Roles -- 3 Conclusions -- 7 Tense and Aspect -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Perfective Aspect -- 3 Imperfective Aspect -- 4 Progressive Aspect -- 5 Frequentative Aspect -- 6 Past Tense -- 7 Future Tense -- 8 Conclusions -- 8 Marking the End of the Event -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Form and Distribution of the End-of-Event Marker -- 3 Conclusions -- 9 Modality -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Deontic Modality -- 3 Hypothetical Modality -- 4 Coding Pretense -- 5 Doubt in Truth -- 6 The Modal Particle gú 'be able to' -- 7 Conclusions -- 10 Locative Predication -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Locative Verbs -- 3 Ventive Extension -áwà -- 4 Stative Predications -- 5 Prepositions -- 6 Spatial Specifiers -- 7 Cardinal Directions -- 8 Serial Verb Constructions -- 9 Conclusions -- 11 Verbless Clauses. , 1 Introduction -- 2 Identificational Clauses -- 3 Attributive Clauses -- 4 Existential Clauses -- 5 Possessive Clauses -- 6 Temporal Distinctions in the Verbless Clause -- 7 Conclusions -- 12 System of Reference -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Anaphoric Reference to Participants -- 3 Remote Previous Mention -- 4 Referential Object Clitic =a -- 5 Anaphoric Reference to Location, Time, and Events -- 6 Deictic Reference to Participants -- 7 Unspecified Referent -- 8 Conclusions -- 13 Interrogatives -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Polar Interrogatives -- 3 Disjunctive Questions: X or Y? -- 4 Content Interrogatives -- 5 Questions in the Domain de dicto -- 6 Conclusions -- 14 Negative Predication -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Negating the Verbless Clause -- 3 Negation in the Verbal Clause -- 4 Coding Tense in the Negative Clause -- 5 Negating the Non-referential Subject -- 6 Conclusions -- 15 Topics and Topicalization -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Topicalized Subject -- 3 Topicalized Direct Object -- 4 Topicalized Indirect Object -- 5 Other Topicalized Constituents -- 6 Non-constituent Topic -- 7 Shift in Topic -- 8 Conclusions -- 16 Contrastive Focus -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Focused Subject -- 3 Focused Object -- 4 Focused Predicate -- 5 Contrastive Focus on Other Constituents -- 6 Conclusions -- 17 Conjoining Clauses -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Parataxis (Asyndetic Conjunction) -- 3 The Conjunction páɗ -- 4 Sequential Conjunction -- 5 Conjoining Affirmative and Negative Clauses -- 6 Conclusions -- 18 Complement Clauses -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Comment on a Noun Phrase -- 3 Comment on an Adjunct -- 4 Comment on the Protasis -- 5 Comment on the Purpose Clause -- 6 Comment on the Matrix Clause -- 7 Comment on a Complete Clause -- 8 Interrogative as Comment -- 9 Conclusions -- 19 Relative Clauses -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Form of the Relative Clause -- 3 Tense and Aspect in the Relative Clause -- 4 Coding the Role of the Relativized Constituent -- 5 Conclusions -- 20 Conditional and Temporal Constructions -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Conditional/Temporal Protasis -- 3 Conclusions -- 21 Complementation. , 1 Introduction -- 2 Complements of Verbs -- 3 Conclusions -- 22 Coding Purpose and Reason -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Irrealis Purpose Adjuncts -- 3 Reason Phrases -- 4 Conclusions -- 23 Comparative Constructions -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Equal Comparison -- 3 Unequal Comparison -- 4 Conclusions -- 24 Adjuncts -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Temporal Adjuncts -- 3 Manner Adjuncts -- 4 Interjections and Terms of Address -- 5 Intensifiers -- 6 Ideophones -- 7 Conclusions -- 25 Sample Texts -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Story of Kay and Her Brother Gòló (Narrated by Saini Sikoua in 2006) -- 3 A History of Muturua (Narrated by Saini Sikoua in 2007) -- Appendix 1: A Compilation of Tables -- Appendix 2: A Summary of Morphological Forms and Functions -- Giziga-English Lexicon -- English-Giziga Lexicon -- References -- Index.

Additional Edition: Print version: A Grammar of Giziga : A Chadic Language of Far North Cameroon, Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2021 ISBN 9789004445901

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Series Statement: Institut pour les Etudes Sémantiques et Cognitives 〈Genève〉: Working papers. 24.

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Subjects: Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures

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Format: XIV, 420 S.

Edition: 1. publ.

ISBN: 0-631-18154-7

Content: In this book Professor Recanati sets out to defend and systematize the much-discussed 'theory of Direct Reference', according to which the contribution made by a referential term (e.g. a proper name or demonstrative) to the proposition expressed by the sentence where it occurs is its reference. To deal with the objections traditionally levelled against the theory he puts forward a general account of de re thoughts and their communication which blends insights from both the Fregean and the Russellian traditions. In the second part of the book recent advances in pragmatics are presented and used to shed light on the referential/attributive distinction (with respect to both definite descriptions and indexicals) and belief reports. New treatments of some of the major topics in the philosophy of mind and language are offered along the way.

Language: English

Subjects: Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures

Keywords: Referenz ; Direkte Referenz ; Sprache ; Denken ; Referenz ; Psycholinguistik

Author information: Récanati, François 1952-

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Format: 1 online resource (xiv, 586 pages) : , illustrations

ISBN: 9781000226768 , 100022676X , 9781003111894 , 1003111890 , 9781000226782 , 1000226786 , 9781000226775 , 1000226778

Series Statement: Routledge handbooks in philosophy

Content: This Handbook offers students and more advanced readers a valuable resource for understanding linguistic reference; the relation between an expression (word, phrase, sentence) and what that expression is about. The volume'sforty-one original chapters, written by many of today's leading philosophers of language, are organized into ten parts: I Early Descriptive TheoriesII Causal Theories of ReferenceIII Causal Theories and Cognitive SignificanceIV Alternate TheoriesV Two-Dimensional SemanticsVI Natural Kind Terms and RigidityVII The Empty CaseVIII Singular (De Re) ThoughtsIX IndexicalsX Epistemology of Reference Contributions consider what kinds of expressions actually refer (names, general terms, indexicals, empty terms, sentences), what referring expressions refer to, what makes an expression refer to whatever it does, connections between meaning and reference, and how we know facts about reference. Many contributions also develop connections between linguistic reference and issues in metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of science.

Note: Introduction -- Early descriptive theories -- Causal theories of reference -- Causal theories and cognitive significance -- Alternate theories -- Two-dimensional semantics -- Natural kind terms and rigidity -- The empty case -- Singular (de re) thoughts -- Indexicals -- Epistemology of reference -- References -- Part I: Early descriptive theories. The concept of linguistic reference before Frege -- Frege on reference -- Fregean descriptivism -- The referential-attributive distinction -- Part II: Causal theories of reference. The case(s) against descriptivism -- Fruits of the causal theory of reference -- The problem of reference change -- Part III: Causal theories and cognitive significance. Cognitive significance -- Conversational implicature in belief reports -- Context sensitivity and 'believes' -- A return to simple sentences -- Eliciting and conveying information -- Part IV: Alternate theories. Causal descriptivism -- Reference-fixing and presuppositions -- Names as predicates -- Variabilism -- Part V: Two-dimensional semantics. Two-dimensional semantics -- Two-dimensional semantics and identity statements -- Two-dimensionalism and the foundation of linguistic analysis -- A puzzle about assertion -- Part VI: Natural kind terms and rigidity. Rigidity of general terms -- The psychology of natural kind terms -- Pervasive externalism -- Theoretical identities as necessary and a priori -- The need for descriptivism -- The accommodation theory of reference -- Science, the vernacular and the 'qua' problem -- Part VII: The empty case. Mill and the missing referents -- Fregean theories of names from fiction -- Part VIII: Singular (de re) thoughts. Reference and singular thought -- Singular thoughts, sentences and propositions of that which does not exist -- Names and singular thought -- Part IX: Indexicals. How demonstratives and indexicals really work -- Demonstrative reference to the unreal: the case of hallucinations -- What is special about de se attitudes? -- De se attitudes and action -- Acting without me: corporate agency and the first person perspective -- Semantic monsters -- Part X: Epistemology of reference. Cross-cultural semantics at 15 -- Reference and intuitions -- The myth of quick and easy intuitions.

Additional Edition: Print version: Routledge handbook of linguistic reference. New York, NY : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2021 ISBN 9780367629724

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books. ; Electronic books.

DOI: 10.4324/9781003111894

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ISBN: 9781003111894

Series Statement: Routledge handbooks in philosophy

Content: Introduction -- Early descriptive theories -- Causal theories of reference -- Causal theories and cognitive significance -- Alternate theories -- Two-dimensional semantics -- Natural kind terms and rigidity -- The empty case -- Singular (de re) thoughts -- Indexicals -- Epistemology of reference -- References -- Part I: Early descriptive theories. The concept of linguistic reference before Frege -- Frege on reference -- Fregean descriptivism -- The referential-attributive distinction -- Part II: Causal theories of reference. The case(s) against descriptivism -- Fruits of the causal theory of reference -- The problem of reference change -- Part III: Causal theories and cognitive significance. Cognitive significance -- Conversational implicature in belief reports -- Context sensitivity and 'believes' -- A return to simple sentences -- Eliciting and conveying information -- Part IV: Alternate theories. Causal descriptivism -- Reference-fixing and presuppositions -- Names as predicates -- Variabilism -- Part V: Two-dimensional semantics. Two-dimensional semantics -- Two-dimensional semantics and identity statements -- Two-dimensionalism and the foundation of linguistic analysis -- A puzzle about assertion -- Part VI: Natural kind terms and rigidity. Rigidity of general terms -- The psychology of natural kind terms -- Pervasive externalism -- Theoretical identities as necessary and a priori -- The need for descriptivism -- The accommodation theory of reference -- Science, the vernacular and the 'qua' problem -- Part VII: The empty case. Mill and the missing referents -- Fregean theories of names from fiction -- Part VIII: Singular (de re) thoughts. Reference and singular thought -- Singular thoughts, sentences and propositions of that which does not exist -- Names and singular thought -- Part IX: Indexicals. How demonstratives and indexicals really work -- Demonstrative reference to the unreal: the case of hallucinations -- What is special about de se attitudes? -- De se attitudes and action -- Acting without me: corporate agency and the first person perspective -- Semantic monsters -- Part X: Epistemology of reference. Cross-cultural semantics at 15 -- Reference and intuitions -- The myth of quick and easy intuitions.

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Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Routledge handbook of linguistic reference New York : Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2021 ISBN 9780367629724

Language: English

Subjects: Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures

Keywords: Referenz ; Aufsatzsammlung

DOI: 10.4324//9781003111894

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Format: XIV, 420 S.

Edition: 1. publ. in paperback

ISBN: 0-631-18154-7 , 0-631-20634-5

Content: In this book Professor Recanati sets out to defend and systematize the much-discussed 'theory of Direct Reference', according to which the contribution made by a referential term (e.g. a proper name or demonstrative) to the proposition expressed by the sentence where it occurs is its reference. To deal with the objections traditionally levelled against the theory he puts forward a general account of de re thoughts and their communication which blends insights from both the Fregean and the Russellian traditions. In the second part of the book recent advances in pragmatics are presented and used to shed light on the referential/attributive distinction (with respect to both definite descriptions and indexicals) and belief reports. New treatments of some of the major topics in the philosophy of mind and language are offered along the way.

Language: English

Subjects: Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures , Philosophy

Keywords: Referenz ; Direkte Referenz ; Sprache ; Denken ; Referenz ; Psycholinguistik

Author information: Récanati, François, 1952-

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Format: 1 online resource (xvii, 260 pages)

Edition: First edition.

ISBN: 9781315758114 , 9781317635185 , 9781317635192

Series Statement: Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy 62

Content: 1. Minimal content and intentionality -- 2. More on minimal content and related issues -- 3. Thinking differently about thought and language -- 4. The superiority of the new theory to Frege's -- 5. Kripke's puzzle about belief solved -- 6. Use, idiolect, and statement made -- 7. Speaker's referent -- 8. Speaker's referent and the referential/attributive distinction -- 9. Proper names -- 10. Solutions to classic problems -- 11. Securing determinate meaning : pt. 1. Against Kripkenstein -- 12. Securing determinate meaning : pt. 2. Against quine.

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Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781138795969

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315758114

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Format: 1 online resource (441 pages)

Edition: Course Book

ISBN: 9786612964961 , 9781282964969 , 1282964968 , 9781400837847 , 1400837847

Series Statement: Philosophical Essays ; Volume 1.

Content: The two volumes of Philosophical Essays bring together the most important essays written by one of the world's foremost philosophers of language. Scott Soames has selected thirty-one essays spanning nearly three decades of thinking about linguistic meaning and the philosophical significance of language. A judicious collection of old and new, these volumes include sixteen essays published in the 1980's and 1990's, nine published since 2000, and six new essays. The essays in Volume 1 investigate what linguistic meaning is; how the meaning of a sentence is related to the use we make of it; what we should expect from empirical theories of the meaning of the languages we speak; and how a sound theoretical grasp of the intricate relationship between meaning and use can improve the interpretation of legal texts. The essays in Volume 2 illustrate the significance of linguistic concerns for a broad range of philosophical topics--including the relationship between language and thought; the objects of belief, assertion, and other propositional attitudes; the distinction between metaphysical and epistemic possibility; the nature of necessity, actuality, and possible worlds; the necessary a posteriori and the contingent a priori; truth, vagueness, and partial definition; and skepticism about meaning and mind. The two volumes of Philosophical Essays are essential for anyone working on the philosophy of language.

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , Front matter -- , Contents -- , The Origins of These Essays -- , Introduction -- , PART ONE. Presupposition -- , ESSAY ONE. A Projection Problem for Speaker Presuppositions -- , ESSAY TWO. Presupposition -- , PART TWO. Language and Linguistic Competence -- , ESSAY THREE. Linguistics and Psychology -- , ESSAY FOUR. Semantics and Psychology -- , ESSAY FIVE. Semantics and Semantic Competence -- , ESSAY SIX. The Necessity Argument -- , ESSAY SEVEN. Truth, Meaning, and Understanding -- , PART THREE. Semantics and Pragmatics -- , ESSAY NINE. Naming and Asserting -- , ESSAY TEN. The Gap between Meaning and Assertion: Why What We Literally Say Often Differs from What Our Words Literally Mean -- , ESSAY ELEVEN. Drawing the Line between Meaning and Implicature - and Relating Both to Assertion -- , Part Four. Descriptions -- , ESSAY TWELVE. Incomplete Definite Descriptions -- , ESSAY THIRTEEN. Donnellan's Referential/Attributive Distinction -- , ESSAY FOURTEEN. Why Incomplete Definite Descriptions Do Not Defeat Russell's Theory of Descriptions -- , PART FIVE. Meaning and Use: Lessons for Legal Interpretation -- , ESSAY FIFTEEN. Interpreting Legal Texts: What Is, and What Is Not, Special about the Law -- , Index , Issued also in print. , English

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Additional Edition: ISBN 0691136815

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9781400837847