Functional Historical Approaches To Explanation

Author : Tim Thornes,Erik Andvik,Gwendolyn Hyslop,Joana Jansen
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027271976

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Functional-Historical Approaches to Explanation by Tim Thornes,Erik Andvik,Gwendolyn Hyslop,Joana Jansen Pdf

Contributions from both well-known practitioners and new voices in the areas of language typology, historical linguistics, and function-based approaches to language description define this volume, as does its foci in two major geographical areas — southeast Asia and northwestern North America. All of the papers appeal, in one way or another, to functional-historical approaches to explanation. Behind this appeal lies an assumption that languages are selective in their development in ways that are dependent upon the communicative tasks to which they are put. As such, language function accounts for both variation and historical development over time.

Author : J. Dieudonne
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1983-01-01
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780080871608

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History of Functional Analysis by J. Dieudonne Pdf

History of Functional Analysis presents functional analysis as a rather complex blend of algebra and topology, with its evolution influenced by the development of these two branches of mathematics. The book adopts a narrower definition—one that is assumed to satisfy various algebraic and topological conditions. A moment of reflections shows that this already covers a large part of modern analysis, in particular, the theory of partial differential equations. This volume comprises nine chapters, the first of which focuses on linear differential equations and the Sturm-Liouville problem. The succeeding chapters go on to discuss the ""crypto-integral"" equations, including the Dirichlet principle and the Beer-Neumann method; the equation of vibrating membranes, including the contributions of Poincare and H.A. Schwarz's 1885 paper; and the idea of infinite dimension. Other chapters cover the crucial years and the definition of Hilbert space, including Fredholm's discovery and the contributions of Hilbert; duality and the definition of normed spaces, including the Hahn-Banach theorem and the method of the gliding hump and Baire category; spectral theory after 1900, including the theories and works of F. Riesz, Hilbert, von Neumann, Weyl, and Carleman; locally convex spaces and the theory of distributions; and applications of functional analysis to differential and partial differential equations. This book will be of interest to practitioners in the fields of mathematics and statistics.

Author : Richard Bourke,Quentin Skinner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2022-12-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781009231046

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History in the Humanities and Social Sciences by Richard Bourke,Quentin Skinner Pdf

Offers a collaborative exploration of the role of historical understanding in leading disciplines across the humanities and social sciences.

Author : Cynthia Lins Hamlin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2004-01-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134575930

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Beyond Relativism by Cynthia Lins Hamlin Pdf

This book argues that critical realism offers the theory of cognitive rationality a real way of overcoming the limitations of methodological individualism by recognising both the agents' - and the social structure's - causal powers and liabilities. Cynthia Lins Hamlin persuasively argues that critical realism represents a better safeguard against the relativism which springs from the conflation of social reality and our ideas about it. This is an important book for sociologists and anyone working in the social sciences, and for all those concerned with the methodology, and philosophy, of social science.

Author : Simeon Floyd,Giovanni Rossi,N. J. Enfield
Publisher : Language Science Press
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783961102785

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Getting others to do things by Simeon Floyd,Giovanni Rossi,N. J. Enfield Pdf

Getting others to do things is a central part of social interaction in any human society. Language is our main tool for this purpose. In this book, we show that sequences of interaction in which one person’s behaviour solicits or occasions another’s assistance or collaboration share common structural properties that provide a basis for the systematic comparison of this domain across languages. The goal of this comparison is to uncover similarities and differences in how language and other conduct are used in carrying out social action around the world, including different kinds of requests, orders, suggestions, and other actions brought together under the rubric of recruitment.

Author : Selin Grollmann
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789004435230

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A Grammar of Bjokapakha by Selin Grollmann Pdf

A Grammar of Bjokapakha by Selin Grollmann constitutes the first description of Bjokapakha, an endangered language spoken in central Bhutan belonging to the Tshangla branch of Trans-Himalayan. This grammar comprises a description of the phonology, lexicon, nominal morphology, predicate structures and syntax. In addition to the descriptive parts, this book encompasses a historical-comparative account of Bjokapakha. The introductory chapter provides a comparison with the standard variety of Tshangla and corroborates the internal diversity of the Tshangla branch. The present-day structure of Bjokapakha verbal morphology is illuminated by means of an internal reconstruction. Moreover, this book contains a glossary and a text collection.

Author : Gwendolyn Hyslop
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789004328747

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A Grammar of Kurtöp by Gwendolyn Hyslop Pdf

A grammar of Kurtöp presents the phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics of Kurtöp, a Tibeto-Burman language of northeastern Bhutan. When possible, data are presented in a comparative light, lending insight into the development of phenomena such as tonogenesis and nominalizations.

Author : Philip Baldi,Pierluigi Cuzzolin
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 585 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Latin language
ISBN : 9783110190823

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New Perspectives on Historical Latin Syntax: Syntax of the sentence by Philip Baldi,Pierluigi Cuzzolin Pdf

New Perspectives on Historical Latin Syntax is a methodologically uniform multi-authored work that traces main currents in the syntactic history of Latin. The term history of Latin (or of any other ancient IE language) in its most widespread usage means 'history of phonology and morphology' as they have developed from PIE. Standard comparative grammars of Latin have concentrated primarily on the development of the phonological and morphological systems of the language, with comparatively little attention paid to historical syntax. This emphasis is reflective of the Indo-European tradition in wh.

Author : A. F. Monna
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : UOM:39015017325765

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Functional Analysis in Historical Perspective by A. F. Monna Pdf

Author : Kingsley Davis
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 708 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1412827167

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Kingsley Davis by Kingsley Davis Pdf

"David Heer's biography of Kingsley Davis is based on material contained in the Kingsley Davis Archive at the Hoover Institution Library at Stanford University, the Kingsley Davis graduate file at Harvard University, the interview of Kingsley Davis by Jean van der Tak in Demographic Destinies (1990), and David Heer's personal relationship with Kingsley Davis. The book also contains thirty of the most important writings by Kingsley Davis. These were chosen, in part, for the number of citations received in the Cumulative Social Science Citation Index, and in part to ensure that readers would be able to assess the continuity of Kingsley Davis's ideas at all stages of his career."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Jorge Fernández Jaén,Herminia Provencio Garrigós
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027261380

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Changes in Meaning and Function by Jorge Fernández Jaén,Herminia Provencio Garrigós Pdf

Diachronic linguistics has been experiencing a strong revival during the last few decades, since an increasing number of researchers have assumed that evolutionary and historical factors must be considered to properly understand how natural languages work. This book offers new data and insights on some of the research lines which are currently being developed within the framework of diachronic language research. The papers brought together in this volume are characterized both by their originality and by their methodological diversity; the reader will thus find herein theoretical as well as empirical works, undertaken from various perspectives of analysis (diachronic cognitive semantics, grammaticalization theory, discursive traditions, historical phraseology, etc.). The final outcome is an eclectic volume which offers valuable information for every reader, regardless of whether they are experienced linguists or junior researchers willing to know the latest epistemological advances in this discipline.

Author : Eric Garnier,Marie-Laure Navas,Karl Grigulis
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780191074677

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Plant Functional Diversity by Eric Garnier,Marie-Laure Navas,Karl Grigulis Pdf

Biological diversity, the variety of living organisms on Earth, is traditionally viewed as the diversity of taxa, and species in particular. However, other facets of diversity also need to be considered for a comprehensive understanding of evolutionary and ecological processes. This novel book demonstrates the advantages of adopting a functional approach to diversity in order to improve our understanding of the functioning of ecological systems and their components. The focus is on plants, which are major components of these systems, and for which the functional approach has led to major scientific advances over the last 20 years. Plant Functional Diversity presents the rationale for a trait-based approach to functional diversity in the context of comparative plant ecology and agroecology. It demonstrates how this approach can be used to address a number of highly debated questions in plant ecology pertaining to plant responses to their environment, controls on plant community structure, ecosystem properties, and the services these deliver to human societies. This research level text will be of particular relevance and use to graduate students and professional researchers in plant ecology, agricultural sciences and conservation biology.

Author : Mohammad Abdur Rauf
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9004038647

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Indian Village in Guyana by Mohammad Abdur Rauf Pdf

Author : Douglas Fraser,Herbert M. Cole
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Art
ISBN : 0299058247

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African Art and Leadership by Douglas Fraser,Herbert M. Cole Pdf

A scholarly analysis of the close relationships among the structure, function, and history of the sub-Saharan African arts.

Author : David G. Lockwood,Peter H. Fries,James E. Copeland
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 701 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2000-03-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027299680

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Functional Approaches to Language, Culture and Cognition by David G. Lockwood,Peter H. Fries,James E. Copeland Pdf

This volume contains functional approaches to the description of language and culture, and language and cultural change. The approaches taken by the authors range from cognitive approaches including Stratificational grammar to more socially oriented ones including Systemic Functional linguistics. The volume is organized into two sections. The first section ‘Functional Approaches to the Structure of Language: Theory and Practice’ starts with contributions developing a Stratificational model; these are followed by contributions focusing on some related functional model of language; and by articles describing some particular set of language phenomena. In the second section ‘Functional Approaches to the History of Language and Linguistics’ general studies of language change are addressed first; a second group of contributions examines language change, lexicon and culture; and the last cluster of contributions treats the history of linguistics and culture.