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On the Limits of Intransitive Coordination

Ratio, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A growing number of authors suggest that concept coordination—the kind of relation we pick out when we say that the concepts of one or more individuals represent something as the same—is not a transitive relation. Here we consider global features of representational systems to break new ground in the assessment of the intransitivity view. From
Víctor M. Verdejo, Joost J. Joosten
wiley   +1 more source

Descartes in Two Dimensions

Ratio, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Descartes' cogito argument is perhaps the most well‐known philosophical argument, the conclusion of which is supposed to be a form of rationalism that allows for contingent a priori knowledge of the world. In this short note, I argue that, in fact, the all important statement, ‘I am, I exist’, should be analysed through the lens of (classical)
Tom Schoonen
wiley   +1 more source

Linguistic realizations of personality and emotional polarity in Tan Twan Eng's The Garden of Evening Mists: A systemic functional discourse analysis. [PDF]

PLoS One
Chen M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Legal Clarity and the Rule of Law: A Global Experimental Study of Consistency in Administrative Decision‐Making

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Laws often contain linguistically complex features that increase cognitive processing demands and weaken comprehension. We extend this argument to bureaucratic decision‐making by proposing that reduced legal clarity decreases the consistency of administrative decisions.
Joakim Nilsson, Marina Nistotskaya
wiley   +1 more source

‘Chrystalline Talk’: Thomas Browne's Poetics of Concretion and Mineral Plain Style

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article charts the figuration, both material and rhetorical, of mineral bodies in early modern natural philosophy, paying particular attention to the second book of Thomas Browne's Pseudodoxia Epidemica (1646). It argues that concretions (stony calculi and crystals formed through the aggregation of physical matter) make manifest a mineral
Jess Dunmore
wiley   +1 more source

From Contact to Conversation: Protactile Language, Modality, and Community. [PDF]

Annu Rev Linguist
Gagne DL, Broadway H.
europepmc   +1 more source

Poetic Sociology

Sociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Can sociologists feel? Sociological writing can be beautiful, making us think differently about people, processes, and structures. Yet traditional academic writing that does this is rare. For example, most articles adhere to a jargon‐filled format and structure that mimics a detached and disciplined writer.
Victoria Reyes
wiley   +1 more source

Morphosyntactic production and processing skills in relation to age effects and lexical-phonological levels among children with cochlear implants and typically hearing peers: a focus on vowel nasality. [PDF]

Front Hum Neurosci
Fagniart S, Charlier B, Delvaux V, Harmegnies BG, Huberlant A, Piccaluga M, Huet K.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

To Share Your Stance, or Not to Share? Positioning, Identity, and Agency of Mathematics Teachers Becoming Facilitators

School Science and Mathematics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Professional development (PD) facilitators are central to educational systems, yet their practices and professional growth have received limited attention. This paper examines positioning, identity, and agency among novice mathematics PD facilitators, focusing on how practicing teachers in these roles locate themselves in discussions in terms ...
Gil Schwarts, Ronnie Karsenty, Abraham Arcavi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘In Curaçao They Celebrate King's Day Abundantly!’ – Diachronic Representation of (Post)colonial Communities in Dutch Geography Textbook Discourse (1946–2018)

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.
Abstract Postcolonial textbook research leads us to reflect on the representation of (post)colonial communities in educational media for adolescents in geography education. This paper contributes to this scholarship through Critical Discourse Analysis tracing how nine Dutch geography textbooks (1946–2018) have represented such communities from ...
Marthe Wierenga, Dietha Koster
wiley   +1 more source