The Evidential Basis of Linguistic Argumentation
Edited by András Kertész and Csilla Rákosi
[Studies in Language Companion Series, 153] 2014. vi, 320 pp.
Csilla Rákosi
List of John Benjamins publications for which Csilla Rákosi plays a role.
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Subjects Functional linguistics | Theoretical linguistics
Articles
2014 Chapter 1. Introduction: The state of the art and the structure of the book The Evidential Basis of Linguistic Argumentation, Kertész, András and Csilla Rákosi (eds.), pp. 1–12 | Article
2014 Chapter 11. Conclusions The Evidential Basis of Linguistic Argumentation, Kertész, András and Csilla Rákosi (eds.), pp. 309–314 | Article
2014 Chapter 9. Thought experiments and real experiments as converging data sources in pragmatics The Evidential Basis of Linguistic Argumentation, Kertész, András and Csilla Rákosi (eds.), pp. 221–270 | Article
The aim of the present chapter is to reconstruct the relationship between thought experiments and real experiments in pragmatics. In the first part, Searle’s (1969) thought experiment on Kennst du das Land, wo die Zitronen blühn? is analysed with the help of the p-model. The second part… read more
2014 Chapter 2. The p-model of data and evidence in linguistics The Evidential Basis of Linguistic Argumentation, Kertész, András and Csilla Rákosi (eds.), pp. 15–48 | Article
The p-model is a metatheoretical approach to linguistic theorising that has been designed to capture the nature of linguistic data and evidence in an unorthodox and novel, but well-motivated and effective way. Its starting point is the insight that the latest literature on linguistic data and… read more
2014 Chapter 10. Data and the resolution of inconsistency in Optimality Theory The Evidential Basis of Linguistic Argumentation, Kertész, András and Csilla Rákosi (eds.), pp. 271–308 | Article
This chapter provides a survey about the most frequent methods of inconsistency resolution in Optimality Theory. With the help of the p-model, inconsistencies in OT are divided into two main groups. The first group includes conflicts that are deemed to be fatal and are solved usually by the… read more