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1 online resource (314 pages) |
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Cover; Data and Evidence in Linguistics; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures and table; Preface; Abbreviations and central concepts; Symbols; 1: Introduction; Part I: The state of the art; 2: The problem (P)I; 3: Historical background; 3.1 Overview; 3.2 The problem of evidence in the philosophy of science; 3.3 Debates on empiricalness in theoretical linguistics and the standard view of linguistic data (SVLD); 3.4 Conclusions; 4: The partial rejection of (SVLD) in the practice of object-scientific research; 4.1 Overview; 4.2 New tendencies in object-scientific research; 4.3 Conclusions. |
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5: The partial rejection of (SVLD) in metascientific reflection5.1 Overview; 5.2 The diversity and the combinability of data; 5.3 The role of the sources in the reliability of data; 5.4 The complexity of linguistic data; 5.5 The treatment of the uncertainty of data; 5.6 The relationship between data and theory; 5.7 Data and the treatment of inconsistencies; 5.8 Linguistic evidence; 5.9 Conclusions; 6: The solution to (P)I; Part II: The p-model; 7: The problem (P)II; 8: Historical background; 8.1 Overview. |
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8.2 The liberalisation of the concepts of 'data' and 'evidence' in the philosophy of science8.3 Trends in logic and argumentation theory; 8.4 Conclusions; 9: Plausible inferences; 9.1 Overview; 9.2 The concept of 'inference' and 'deductive inference'; 9.3 The notion of 'plausible statement'; 9.4 The concept of 'demonstrative inference'; 9.5 The notion of 'plausible inference'; 9.5.1 Introductory remarks; 9.5.2 Case 1; 9.5.3 Case 2; 9.5.4 Case 3; 9.5.5 The connection between the plausibility of the premises and the conclusion; 9.5.6 Summary; 9.6 The fallibility of plausible inferences. |
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9.7 The dynamism of plausible inferences9.8 The p-context-dependence of plausible inferences; 9.9 The heuristic function of plausible inferences; 9.10 Conclusions; 10: Plausible argumentation; 10.1 Overview; 10.2 Informational under- and overdetermination, problems and their solution; 10.3 The notion of 'plausible argumentation'; 10.4 The cyclic nature of plausible argumentation; 10.5 The prismatic nature of plausible argumentation; 10.6 Problem-solving strategies; 10.7 The effectiveness of plausible argumentation; 10.8 Conclusions; 11: The solution to (P)II; Part III: Data and evidence. |
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12: The problem (P)III13: The concept of 'datum' and 'evidence'; 13.1 Overview; 13.2 The concept of 'datum'; 13.3 The concept of 'evidence'; 13.4 Conclusions; 14: The solution to (P)III; Part IV: Application of the p-model: a case study; 15: The problem (P)IV; 16: A case study: a reconstruction of Gentner & Wolff (1997); 16.1 Overview; 16.2 Argumentation cycle 1: three model types of metaphor processing; 16.2.1 Setting up the starting p-context; 16.2.2 The elaboration of the starting p-context; 16.3 Argumentation cycle 2: application of the Contrastive Strategy. |
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16.3.1 Setting up the new p-context. |
| Summary |
The first book to comprehensively present the methodological problems associated with linguistic data and evidence. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Linguistic analysis (Linguistics)
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Linguistic analysis (Linguistics) |
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Linguistics -- Research -- Methodology.
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Linguistics -- Research -- Methodology. |
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Linguistics -- Research. |
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Corpora (Linguistics)
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Corpora (Linguistics) |
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Computational linguistics.
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Computational linguistics. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Rákosi, Csilla.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kertész, András. Data and Evidence in Linguistics : A Plausible Argumentation Model. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2012 9781107009240 |
| ISBN |
9781139232142 |
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1139232142 |
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9781139233682 (electronic book) |
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1139233688 (electronic book) |
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9780511920752 (electronic book) |
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051192075X (electronic book) |
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9781107009240 |
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1107009243 |
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9781139230698 |
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