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The accident of logical constants [PDF]
, 2020 Work on the nature and scope of formal logic has focused unduly on the distinction between logical and extra-logical vocabulary; which argument forms a logical theory countenances depends not only on its stock of logical terms, but also on its range of ...
Haze, Tristan Grøtvedt
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Analytic Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT I develop and defend a sense‐datum theory of perception. My theory follows the spirit of classic sense‐datum theories: I argue that what it is to have a perceptual experience is to be acquainted with some sense‐data, where sense‐data are private particulars that have all the properties they appear to have, that are common to both perception ...
Andrew Y. Lee
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On the Ontology of Composites in Abhidharma Buddhism
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Abhidharma Buddhism maintains that the only ultimately real (paramārtha) entities in the universe are dharmas, which are simples. What then is the ontological status of composites on this theory? One possibility is that Abhidharma Buddhists deny the reality of composites.
Monima Chadha, Shaun Nichols
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Prépositions, adverbes et conjonctions en anglais : pour une redéfinition des classes lexicales
Anglophonia, 2018 Traditional grammar describes prepositions as invariable words whose function is to introduce a nominal complement and link it to another word. This definition is challenged by the diversity in the complementation of prepositions, which paves the way for
Romain Delhem
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Weak function word shift [PDF]
, 2004 The fact that object shift only affects weak pronouns in mainland Scandinavian is seen as an instance of a more general observation that can be made in all Germanic languages: weak function words tend to avoid the edges of larger prosodic domains.
Vogel, Ralf
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Modal Logic and Modal Metaphysics: An Avicennian Division of Labour
Theoria, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper argues that Avicenna was both a necessitarian and a realist about contingency. The two aspects of his modal metaphysics are reconciled by arguing that Avicenna's modal metaphysics is founded on realism about essences: strictly speaking, an individual has no contingent properties, but a modal distinction can be made between the ...
Jari Kaukua
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Constructions binomiales dans le Pro P. Quinctio de Cicéron [PDF]
Studii de LingvisticaDelivered in 81 B.C., Pro P. Quinctio, Cicero’s earliest preserved speech, is a civil plea in which the Roman orator defends his client, Publius Quinctius, against the dishonest maneuvers of his accuser, Sextus Naevius.
Carmen Fenechiu
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Adverb classes and adverb placement
, 2005 This contribution contains sections titled: (1) Introduction; (2) The categorial status of adverbs; (3) Adverb classes; (4) Issues of adverb placement; (5) Adverbs and movement; (6) Adverbs and adjunction; (7) Adverbs and the syntax/semantics mapping.
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Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.Abstract This study investigates the role of locality (a task/material‐related variable), demographic factors (age, education, and sex), cognitive capacities (verbal working memory [WM], verbal short‐term memory [STM], speed of processing [SOP], and inhibition), and morphosyntactic category (time reference and grammatical aspect) in verb‐related ...
Marielena Soilemezidi +3 more
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Lingua Cultura, 2019 This research aimed at investigating Indonesian students’ mastery of Chinese adverbs zai (再) and cai (才). Modern Chinese adverbs were a difficult point in teaching Chinese as a foreign language. The time adverb of modern Chinese, zai (再) and cai (才), was
Laurencia Noviana
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