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Advances in the Study of Behavior

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Volume 9
March 26, 1979
Jay S. Rosenblatt + 3 more
English
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Presupposition

1st Edition
January 1, 1979
Choon-Kyu Oh + 1 more
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Syntax and Semantics, Volume 11: Presupposition is a collection of papers presented at a conference held at the University of Kansas in April, 1977. The book contains 16 papers dealing with presupposition, contributed by linguists, philosophers, mathematicians, and computer scientists. The first paper proposes formal criteria for distinguishing among various distinct phenomena indiscriminately called "presupposition" in recent literature. The paper also provides excellent and authoritative background information. A set of papers attempts to differentiate diverse phenomena lumped together under the cover term "presupposition" and to supply some sort of strategy for justifying the classification of each of these phenomena. The text closes with a paper that elucidates context and contextual domain. The parallel he drawn between the two is especially fruitful in that it is able to resolve the problem of discourse reference on independently justified grounds. Linguists and language experts will find the book very interesting.

Discourse and Syntax

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January 1, 1979
Talmy Givón
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Syntax and Semantics, Volume 12: Discourse and Syntax provides information pertinent to the fundamental aspects of the study of the syntax of isolated sentences. This book discusses the relationship between the discourse notion topic and the syntactic notion subject. Organized into five parts encompassing 20 chapters, this volume begins with an overview of the discourse-function definition of so-called movement transformations. This text then presents the argument against the existence of an independent structural level called syntax as far as it can go, suggesting that all syntactic behavior within a given range of data can be predicted from functional considerations. Other chapters consider syntax as a mode of the automatic processing of speech. This book discusses as well the integration of the speaker's goals with communicative strategies in the structure and flow of personal narratives. The final chapter deals with discourse-pragmatic governance of so-called syntactic phenomena. This book is a valuable resource for linguists.

Personality and Adaptation

1st Edition
Volume 2
January 1, 1979
English
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Psychology of Learning and Motivation

1st Edition
Volume 12
December 14, 1978
Gordon H. Bower
English
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Advances in the Study of Behavior

1st Edition
Volume 8
November 3, 1978
Jay S. Rosenblatt + 3 more
English
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Advances in Child Development and Behavior

1st Edition
Volume 12
July 21, 1978
Hayne W. Reese + 1 more
English
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Psychology of Learning and Motivation

1st Edition
Volume 11
November 23, 1977
Gordon H. Bower
English
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Advances in Experimental Social Psychology

1st Edition
Volume 10
July 7, 1977
Leonard Berkowitz
English
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Statistical Methods for Social Scientists

1st Edition
January 28, 1977
Eric A. Hanushek + 1 more
Peter H. Rossi
English
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The aspects of this text which we believe are novel, at least in degree, include: an effort to motivate different sections with practical examples and an empirical orientation; an effort to intersperse several easily motivated examples throughout the book and to maintain some continuity in these examples; and the extensive use of Monte Carlo simulations to demonstrate particular aspects of the problems and estimators being considered. In terms of material being presented, the unique aspects include the first chapter which attempts to address the use of empirical methods in the social sciences, the seventh chapter which considers models with discrete dependent variables and unobserved variables. Clearly these last two topics in particular are quite advanced--more advanced than material that is currently available on the subject. These last two topics are also currently experiencing rapid development and are not adequately described in most other texts.

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