Agency and Intentions in Language
Published on 6. June 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
124 pages
978-90-04-67978-8 (ISBN)
Description
Our sense of agency and ability to distinguish between intentional and accidental actions are fundamental for social interaction. They allow us to plan and perform joint actions and assign responsibility for our own actions and those of others. Research on the nature of agency and intentions has been very fruitful over the last few decades in philosophy, linguistics, and psychology. However, trully new discoveries could be made only when we engage in interdisciplinary discussions. This volume is the result of such discussions.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
181 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-67978-8 (9789004679788)
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Julie Goncharov is a post-doctoral researcher at the Seminar for English Philology and the University Center for Text Structures at the Georg-August-University in Goettingen. Her main areas of interest are semantics/pragmatics of natural languages and philosophy of language. Her current projects revolve around questions concerning agency, intentions, free will and their representations in language.
Hedde Zeijlstra is Professor at the Seminar for English Philology at the Georg-August-University in Goettingen. His main interest is the relation between sentence meaning and form: how does the meaning of a sentence follow from its parts, and why are there so many different ways of expressing the same meaning across languages?
Hedde Zeijlstra is Professor at the Seminar for English Philology at the Georg-August-University in Goettingen. His main interest is the relation between sentence meaning and form: how does the meaning of a sentence follow from its parts, and why are there so many different ways of expressing the same meaning across languages?
Content
Preface
Notes on Contributors
Agency in the English Way-Construction's Constraints
?Caterina Cacioli
?Abstract
?Keywords
?1?Introduction
?2?The Way-Construction
?3?Attributing Agency
?4?Corpus Research and Analysis
?5?Conclusions
On Some Epistemic Access Effects
?Francesco Costantini
?Abstract
?Keywords
?1?Introduction
?2?Subjunctive Obviation
?3?Obviation and de se Attitude Reports
?4?Epistemic Access as Source of Obviation
?5?Other Expected Outcomes
?6?Alternative Analyses
?7?Concluding Remarks
Two Semantic Paths to Unintentional Causation
?OEmer Demirok
?Abstract
?Keywords
?1?Introduction
?2?Background on Un-agentive Constructions
?3?Syntactic Contrasts
?4?Interpretational Contrasts
?5?Summary of the Claims and Remaining Questions
Letting Structure Speak with Authority: Constraining Agents' Choices with French laisser
?Marta Donazzan, Clementine Raffy, Bridget Copley and Klaus von Heusinger
?Abstract
?Keywords
?1?Introduction
?2?Theoretical Background
?3?Characterising Authority as a Constraint on Choice
?4?When Syntax Matters: Structural Constraints on Authority Relations
?5?Conclusions
?Acknowledgements
Index
Notes on Contributors
Agency in the English Way-Construction's Constraints
?Caterina Cacioli
?Abstract
?Keywords
?1?Introduction
?2?The Way-Construction
?3?Attributing Agency
?4?Corpus Research and Analysis
?5?Conclusions
On Some Epistemic Access Effects
?Francesco Costantini
?Abstract
?Keywords
?1?Introduction
?2?Subjunctive Obviation
?3?Obviation and de se Attitude Reports
?4?Epistemic Access as Source of Obviation
?5?Other Expected Outcomes
?6?Alternative Analyses
?7?Concluding Remarks
Two Semantic Paths to Unintentional Causation
?OEmer Demirok
?Abstract
?Keywords
?1?Introduction
?2?Background on Un-agentive Constructions
?3?Syntactic Contrasts
?4?Interpretational Contrasts
?5?Summary of the Claims and Remaining Questions
Letting Structure Speak with Authority: Constraining Agents' Choices with French laisser
?Marta Donazzan, Clementine Raffy, Bridget Copley and Klaus von Heusinger
?Abstract
?Keywords
?1?Introduction
?2?Theoretical Background
?3?Characterising Authority as a Constraint on Choice
?4?When Syntax Matters: Structural Constraints on Authority Relations
?5?Conclusions
?Acknowledgements
Index