Este libro aborda los aspectos fundamentales que definen nuestra condición humana: la exclusiva capacidad para el lenguaje, la naturaleza y los límites de la mente humana y las posibilidades del bien comun en la sociedad y la politica. Utilizando un lenguaje preciso y exento de tecnicismos, Chomsky examina en profundidad cincuenta años de desarrollo cientifico en el estudio del lenguaje, esbozando como su propia obra ha tenido repercusiones en la concepcion de los origenes de este, la estrecha relacion entre lenguaje y pensamiento y su eventual base biologica, pasando del ambito del lenguaje y de la mente al de la sociedad y la politica.

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Wilhelm Von Humboldt Y El Estudio Filosófico De Las Lenguas Donatella Di Cesare El lector atento descubrirá en el excelente trabajo de la profesora Donatella Di Cesare el vuelco lingüístico de Wilhel

El valor de la obre de Karl Vosler en la evolución contemporánea de la lingüistica ha sido revolucionario. Bajo el influjo de la Estética de Croce, arremetió desde sus primeras obras contra el positi

Este libro expone su visión definitiva sobre dos de las preocupaciones fundamentales de su pensamiento: la naturaleza de la verdad y su relación con el significado, los actos y las actitudes de los usuarios de un lenguaje. ¿Que pasaria si la solucion al problema de la predicacion existiera desde hace años pero nadie se hubiera dado cuenta? Dice Davidson: Este tema deberia llamar nuestra atencion. Al fin y al cabo, si no entendemos la predicacion, no entendemos como funciona ninguna oracion, ni podemos explicar la estructura del pensamiento mas simple expresable en en un lenguaje

Similarities and differences between speech and writing have been the subject of innumerable studies, but until now there has been no attempt to provide a unified linguistic analysis of the whole range of spoken and written registers in English. In this widely acclaimed empirical study, Douglas Biber uses computational techniques to analyse the linguistic characteristics of twenty three spoken and written genres, enabling identification of the basic, underlying dimensions of variation in English. In Variation Across Speech and Writing, six dimensions of variation are identified through a factor analysis, on the basis of linguistic co-occurence patterns. The resulting model of variation provides for the description of the distinctive linguistic characteristics of any spoken or written text andd emonstrates the ways in which the polarization of speech and writing has been misleading, and thus enables reconciliation of the contradictory conclusions reached in previous research.

This book is a guide to the translation of English texts from the Old and Middle English periods. It gives students of the History of the English Language pedagogical practice to the large amount of theory they have to learn. The book contains a subtle combination of theory and pratice, which makes it easy to read and easy to understand for readers. The will be able to understand the diachronic changes undergone by English without being confronted with and endless labyrinth of linguistic data. The significant patterns and developments of Old and Middle English grammar are illustrated through a specially-chosen variety of texts. Each text is accompained by a glossary organised by grammatical categories that include short explanations to help the student gain a comprehensive understanding of the highlights of Old and Middle English morphology. Each text also includes two sections devoted to syntactic analysis, the first at phrase and a second at clause level. Together, the various sections provide a rigorous method to undertake the comprehension of the early English text in a sistematic way.

Esta obra inicia al lector en la problemática de la Filosofía del Lenguaje en los tratamientos básicos que acerca del significado se han propuesto y desarrollado en el siglo xx. Se ofrece una panorámica de los problemas basicos de la disciplina y un recorrido por los autores que mas han influido con sus propuestas en el avance del conocimiento de la forma en que los humanos usamos y entendemos el lenguaje.

El libro constituye un intento de búsqueda de un programa integral, asentado sobre las mejores tradiciones filosofico-ling¨´isticas, para trazar las posibles vías hacia una concepción coherente de es

Después de más de veinte años de espera, la obra magna de Mario Bunge llega a los lectores de habla castellana. El Tratado de filosofía;en 8 tomos (1973-1989); es sin duda uno de los proyectos más ambiciosos de la filosofia moderna. Su objetivo es construir un sistema filosofico de lo que el autor considera el nucleo de la filosofia contemporanea (la semantica, la ontologia, la gnoseologia y la etica), con especial atencion a los problemas planteados por el conocimiento cientifico y tecnico. Sus herramientas son la matematica y el propio saber cientifico. El resultado es una obra ciclopea que se distingue por su originalidad, sistematicidad, amplitud tematica y rigor formal, atributos que la convierten en una cita ineludible para el estudioso de la filosofia de la ciencia y la tecnica.En semantica 1: sentido y referencia, Bunge ofrece una semantica filosofica de la ciencia, axiomatizada, exacta y realista, distanciandose, por un lado, del analisis del lenguaje ordinario y, por otro, de diversos convencionalismos, pragmatismos y positivismos. Los conceptos clave de esta semantica;referencia, sentido y representacion; se construyen y analizan con ayuda de la teoria de conjuntos, el algebra de Boole y la topologia. Con estas herramientas, Bunge abre la posibilidad de identificar sin ambiguedades la referencia de una teoria cientifica axiomatizada (por ejemplo la mecanica cuantica o la teoria sintetica de la evolucion), calcular el sentido de un concepto factico (por ejemplo el de carbono) y mostrar que las representaciones cientificas son reconstrucciones conceptuales sui generis: simbolicas, parciales e indirectas. Como es habitual en el, Mario Bunge aporta numerosos ejemplos provenientes de diversas ciencias.

In this previously unpublished series of interviews, Chomsky discusses his iconoclastic and important ideas concerning language, human nature and politics. Noam Chomsky is one of the most influential thinkers of our time, yet his views are often misunderstood. In this previously unpublished series of interviews, Chomsky discusses his iconoclastic and important ideas concerning language, human nature and politics. In dialogue with James McGilvray, Professor of Philosophy at McGill University, Chomsky takes up a wide variety of topics - the nature of language, the philosophies of language and mind, morality and universality, science and common sense, and the evolution of language. McGilvray's extensive commentary helps make this incisive set of interviews accessible to a variety of readers. The volume is essential reading for those involved in the study of language and mind, as well as anyone with an interest in Chomsky's ideas.

Noam Chomsky is one of the most influential thinkers of our time, yet his views are often misunderstood. In this previously unpublished series of interviews, Chomsky discusses his iconoclastic and important ideas concerning language, human nature and politics. In dialogue with James McGilvray, Professor of Philosophy at McGill University, Chomsky takes up a wide variety of topics - the nature of language, the philosophies of language and mind, morality and universality, science and common sense, and the evolution of language. McGilvray's extensive commentary helps make this incisive set of interviews accessible to a variety of readers. The volume is essential reading for those involved in the study of language and mind, as well as anyone with an interest in Chomsky's ideas.

Dazzling... Pinker's big idea is that language is an instinct...as innate to us as flying is to geese... Words can hardly do justice to the superlative range and liveliness of Pinker's investigations'- Independent'A marvellously readable book... illuminates every facet of human language: its biological origin, its uniqueness to humanity, it acquisition by children, its grammatical structure, the production and perception of speech, the pathology of language disorders and the unstoppable evolution of languages and dialects' - Nature

With chapters written by leading international scholars in the field, this is an authoritative reference guide for researchers working in the Philosophy of Language today. "The Continuum Companion to Philosophy of Language" offers the definitive guide to contemporary philosophy of language. The book covers all the fundamental questions asked by the philosophy of language - areas that have continued to attract interest historically as well as topics that have emerged more recently as active areas of research. Ten specially commissioned essays from an international team of experts reveal where important work continues to be done in the area and, most valuably, the exciting new directions the field is taking. The Companion explores issues pertaining to the nature of language, form semantics, theories of meaning, reference, intensional contexts, context-dependence, pragmatics, the normativity of language, analyticity, a priority and modality.Featuring a series of indispensable research tools, including an A to Z of key terms and concepts, a detailed list of resources and a fully annotated bibliography, this is the essential reference tool for anyone working in the philosophy of language. "The Continuum Companions" series is a major series of single volume companions to key research fields in the humanities aimed at postgraduate students, scholars and libraries. Each companion offers a comprehensive reference resource giving an overview of key topics, research areas, new directions and a manageable guide to beginning or developing research in the field. A distinctive feature of the series is that each companion provides practical guidance on advanced study and research in the field, including research methods and subject-specific resources.