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Investigations of Explanatory Strategies in Linguistics / Lukáš Zámečník.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2023]Copyright date: ©2023Description: 1 online resource (X, 287 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110712674
  • 9783110712803
  • 9783110712759
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 415.01 23
LOC classification:
  • P128.E95 Z36 2023.
  • P128.E95 Z36 2023
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Contents -- 1 Resolving the dilemma -- 2 Philosophy of scientific explanation -- 3 Systemic explanation in linguistics -- 4 Formal explanation in linguistics -- 5 Functional explanation in quantitative linguistics -- 6 Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Persons index -- Subject index
Summary: Linguistic theories often suffer from the dilemma that their explanatory power is based on extra-linguistic assumptions. The book delineates the essence of linguistic theory and linguistic explanation and, in doing so, proposes a solution to the dilemma. Simultaneously, the book is one of the first attempts to profile the philosophy of linguistics as a distinct sub-discipline of the contemporary philosophy of science.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9783110712759

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Contents -- 1 Resolving the dilemma -- 2 Philosophy of scientific explanation -- 3 Systemic explanation in linguistics -- 4 Formal explanation in linguistics -- 5 Functional explanation in quantitative linguistics -- 6 Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Persons index -- Subject index

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Linguistic theories often suffer from the dilemma that their explanatory power is based on extra-linguistic assumptions. The book delineates the essence of linguistic theory and linguistic explanation and, in doing so, proposes a solution to the dilemma. Simultaneously, the book is one of the first attempts to profile the philosophy of linguistics as a distinct sub-discipline of the contemporary philosophy of science.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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