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African Lambdas II: Formal Semantics of African Languages—The Verbal and Clausal Domain

Language and Linguistics Compass, Volume 20, Issue 1, January/February 2026.
ABSTRACT The formal semantic analysis of African languages is still a young subfield within theoretical linguistics. Starting with general overviews of the quantifier systems of individual African languages around two decades ago, there now exists a substantial body of fieldwork‐based and autochthonous formal semantic research conducted by both African
Malte Zimmermann
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A synthesis view of counterfactuals

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Volume 112, Issue 1, Page 130-160, January 2026.
Abstract There are two prominent views of counterfactuals in the literature—variably strict conditional accounts developed by Stalnaker 1968 and D. K. Lewis 1973, and strict conditional accounts defended by von Fintel 2001, Gillies 2007, and others. Unfortunately, both views face serious challenges. This paper argues that traditional strict conditional
Sarah Moss
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Our(?) Concept of Food or, They are Eating Their Pets

European Journal of Philosophy, Volume 33, Issue 4, Page 1343-1356, December 2025.
Abstract This article examines the idea that deep disagreements are best understood as rooted in conceptual differences rather than differences in judgments and opinions, by means of a reflection on the differences between a vegan and a meat eater. The aim is not to develop a new theory of “deep disagreement” but to gain clarity about one field in ...
Niklas Forsberg
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“I dunno, as long as it proves my point”: A concept‐based approach to teaching citation and intertextuality to emerging writers

The Modern Language Journal, Volume 109, Issue 4, Page 961-990, Winter 2025.
Abstract This study leverages concept‐based language instruction (C‐BLI) as an innovative pedagogical approach to teaching academic citation practices and broader concepts of intertextuality in academic research writing. Participants were 34 undergraduate students, predominantly multilingual English writers, enrolled in an advanced writing course at a ...
Yiran Xu, J. Elliott Casal
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Meta‐Metamodelling of Engineering Systems by Help of Abstract Mathematics

Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences, Volume 48, Issue 16, Page 14815-14827, 15 November 2025.
ABSTRACT The growing trend of automation in engineering significantly increases the complexity of engineering systems and necessitates a deeper understanding of the coupling of physical and cyber components interacting within the systems. A typical example of such a highly coupled system is an autonomous construction site, where robotic systems aim to ...
Daniel Luckey, Dmitrii Legatiuk
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Polysemy and roots: Deep versus shallow fetching

Mind &Language, Volume 40, Issue 5, Page 472-491, November 2025.
The paper argues for a model of polysemy based on the blueprint offered by Paul Pietroski whereby the meaning of a lexical item is an instruction to fetch a concept from an address. We show that the bare idea of fetching admits of a deep construal, where a concept is fetched, and a shallow construal, where the instruction merely links a lexical item to
John Collins, Tamara Dobler
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Similarity Assessment of the Engineering Concepts: Decision‐Making Support and Metrics

Systems Engineering, Volume 28, Issue 5, Page 628-639, September 2025.
ABSTRACT The new product development (NPD) process is a systematic approach to bring new products and innovations to market. Nowadays, this process is affected by a number of influencing factors associated with the fast‐paced technological changes. One of those factors is the distributed design nature of product development activities: team members are
Yaroslav Menshenin, Suhail Alsalehi, Markus Guerster, Edward Crawley   +3 more
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Displacement and quantification without representation

Mind &Language, Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 418-436, September 2025.
Perry and Recanati have argued that thought and speech can concern entities that they do not represent. This is possible because speakers and thinkers are pragmatically situated within their environs. I argue that thought and speech can go much farther than that.
Mihnea Capraru
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In defense of value incomparability: A reply to Dorr, Nebel, and Zuehl

Noûs, Volume 59, Issue 3, Page 796-808, September 2025.
Abstract Cian Dorr, Jacob Nebel, and Jake Zuehl have argued that no objects are incomparable in value. One set of arguments they offer depart from a principle they call ‘Strong Monotonicity’, which states that if x is good and y is not good, then x is better than y.
Erik Carlson, Olle Risberg
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Assemblages and Actor‐networks: Rethinking Socio‐material Power, Politics and Space

Geography Compass, 2015
Martin Müller
exaly