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Parasyntax and the sentential level in axiomatic functionalism
No full textThis thesis is presented as a contribution to the St Andrews School
of Linguistics, Axiomatic Functionalism, as developed by Mulder and
Hervey. It is essentially a piece of Theoretical Linguistics which
outlines an approach to the hitherto undeveloped areas of Parasyntax
and the Sentential Level in Axiomatic Functionalism.
The theoretical arguments are supported by descriptive hypotheses
concerning the nature of Spoken English. These descriptions are
corpus-based.
The conclusion reached by the author is that not only are Parasyntax
and the Sentential Level distinct in theory (this is axiomatic), but
they are also distinct in their application as regards methodology
and description. This conclusion will undoubtedly prove to be
controversial in the light of recent developments in Axiomatic
Functionalism concerning the Postulates in particular (of which the
author was at the time of writing unaware), and in the light of
other Functionalist approaches to the nature of intonation and
sentences.
It is anticipated that this thesis will be of value to those
interested in Functionalism as well as those concerned with
intonation and the levels of language beyond syntax
Linguistic meta-theory the formal and empirical conditions of acceptability of linguistic theories and descriptions
No full textMost linguists acknowledge, explicitly or implicitly,
the relevance of epistemological questions in
linguistics but relatively few have given more than a
cursory, ad hoc or incomplete consideration to them.
The work of one of those few, Jan Mulder, forms the
starting point for much of the present discussion.
Epistemological considerations arise in many contexts
in linguistics and in many guises. It is an epistemological
matter whenever we test the adequacy of a
description or the acceptability of a theory. Epistemological
considerations are latent whenever we discuss
the form or the content of linguistic theories
and descriptions or their interrelations. The comparison
of different approaches to linguistics inevitably
raises epistemological questions concerning our
approach to linguistics or our presuppositions about it.
These questions are of a general nature and transcend
questions about particular linguistic theories and descriptions.
These epistemological questions force us to
consider what we take linguistics to be. In considering
questions of the type mentioned we are forced, for
example, to analyse what we mean by a "linguistic
theory", a "linguistic description" and what phenomena
we are aiming to understand. We are, furthermore,
forced to analyse the constraints which a scientific
attitude places upon linguistic theorising
and description-building. It is these questions concerning
the acceptability of linguistic theories and
descriptions which we call linguistic meta-theory.
This thesis falls into five main parts. Firstly,
in Chapter One, we consider the nature and scope of
linguistic meta-theory. Secondly, in Chapter Two, we
look at a number of previous approaches to the subject.
Other important contributions are discussed as they
arise in the text. Thirdly, in Chapters Three and
Four, we consider in detail the major meta-theoretical
distinctions in linguistics and their consequences.
In particular, we distinguish linguistic theories
from linguistic descriptions and discuss the nature of
linguistic phenomena. The view is put forward that
linguistics is a scientific subject. The meaning of
this assertion is analysed and the interrelations of
linguistic theories, descriptions and phenomena are
considered in the light of this analysis. The main
epistemological requirement that is put forward and
defended is that of the empiricism of linguistics.
Certain changes in our view of the philosophy of science
and in our view of the form of linguistic theories
and descriptions follow from the conjunction of
these major meta-theoretical positions.
Fourthly, we consider the main meta-theoretical
considerations concerning theories (Chapter Five) and
reject a widespread view of linguistic theory as a
non-empirical study (Chapter Six) and we consider the
main meta-theoretical conditions relating to linguistic
descriptions and some practical examples of description
-building consonant with the general positions adopted
in Chapter Seven. In Chapter Eight, we look at a concrete
example of theory-building in the light of the
meta-theoretical conditions of acceptability previously
set up. We are especially concerned to show how a
theory can meet the condition of being "applicable" or
"indirectly scientific" through the establishment of
acceptable empirical descriptions consonant with the
meta-theoretical conditions on descriptions considered
earlier.
The view that linguistics is a science implies
that we must be concerned with the empirical testing of
descriptions and, so, the fifth part of the work is
devoted to methodology. In Chapter Nine, we defend
the role and necessity of methodology in linguistics
and set up the logical framework of relations between
the methodology and theory descriptions and phenomena.
In Chapter Ten, we examine two of the known types of
empirical testing and their shortcomings. Finally, in
Chapter Eleven, we give an example of the successful
and correct application of a methodology in order to
bring out the nature of empirical testing and to demonstrate
its feasibility within a scientific linguistics
of the sort we imagine
Using triangulation in lean six sigma to explain quality problems
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161878.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)Radboud University, 14 december 2016Promotores : Proper, H.A., Verelst, J. Co-promotores : Russo, F., Mulder, J.B.F.201 p
Phonology of San Martin Quechua
No full textWhile the present work is far from being a definitive one,
it does aim at providing a fairly complete phonology of San
Martin Quechua. The author has tried to give a satisfactory account
of the descriptive problems and their possible solutions for the
dialect. The theoretical principles used to solve the problems
are explained, the notions of the theory are defined, and their
application to the data is outlined in every case, and explained
in some detail in many cases as well.
This work is unusual among works on Quechua as regards the
space it devotes to explaining and solving problems in the description.
Existing descriptions of Quechua may be characterised as
supposedly problem-less descriptions. The present work treats
Phonology, not as a subsidiary to grammar but as a universe in
its own right, with its own problems and solutions. The European
background of the work, and the 'axiomatic' approach of Mulder,
have undoubtedly contributed in, great measure to the nature of this
description, and to what some might call its 'preoccupation' with
problems. Without wishing to tag derogatory labels on Bloomfieldian
linguistics (enough writers have done so already). I have written
the present work as a possible answer to what I believe to be an
inadmissable ‘gap’ in Quechua linguistic description as it stands
the lack of a rigorous autonomous phonology, which attempts to
recognise, state and solve descriptive problems. It is to be hoped
that the present work provides a beginning for a fully-fledged
discipline of Quechua phonology. [Taken from the forward not from the abstract]
Teaching informatics to nonprofessional : why, what and how ?:"IFIP TC/WG 3.2 international conference on Informatics (computer science)as a discipline and in other disciplines
No full textMulders Physiologische Chemie
No full textvon G. J. Mulder ; mit eigenen Zusätzen des Verfassers für diese deutsche Ausgabe seines WerkesTranslated from the Dutch by H. KolbeFehlpag.: nach S. 964 folgen S. 961 ff.Originaltitel: Proeve eener algemeene physiologische scheikundeIncludes bibliographical referencesHandschriftliches Exlibris: "O. Heer" 007583510_0001 Exemplar der ETH-BI
Thermal history of the East Antarctic margin: Campaign-style apatite U-Pb and fission track study
No full textMayer-Ullmann F., Glorie S., Mulder J., Hand M., Morrissey L., Verhaert S., Halpin J
An axiomatic functionalist analysis of the phonology of Yulu
No full textThis thesis is concerned with the description of Yulu, a language
which has not previously been subjected to modern linguistic analysis.
Thus this thesis has two important aspects. Firstly, however remote a
Language, its description adds a valuable contribution to linguistic
knowledge. Secondly, its description tests the validity of linguistic
theories in general and the theory used in this work in particular; as
a linguist should not only be able to describe one universal but any
number of parallel universes of speech-phenomena, namely different
languages or dialects or even idiolects. Since the theory has been instrumental
in describing the phonological system of Yulu in a consistent
and adequate manner, it has once again proved its usefulness as a 'general' linguistic
theory. The theory applied is that of Professor J. W. F. Mulder and is a sub-component of his 'Axiomatic Functionalist Linguistics'.
This thesis is divided into three parts. Part I, dealing with the
theoretical background, comprises twelve chapters, of which the first
four provide an introduction to the basic principles of axiomatic
functionalism. The remaining eight chapters introduce the theoretical
notions of phonological theory and analysis as practised by axiomatic
functionalists. Chapter I deals with the axiomatic functionalist principle
of maintaining a strict distinction between the linguistic theory,
linguistic descriptions, and the speech-phenomena and also with the basic
criteria for evaluating both the linguistic theory and linguistic
descriptions. Chapter II, dealing with the 'hypothetico-deductive Method',
explains the philosophical principles underlying the axiomatic functionalist
approach, Chapter III deals with 'The origin and scope of the theory'.
Chapter IV explains the definition of 'language' as "a semiotic system
with a 'double articulation'" (Mulder 1968). Chapter V covers 'The domain
of phonology'; Chapter VI 'The notion "phoneme" as defined in axiomatic
functionalism'; Chapter VIII 'The "abstract" approach to phonology';
Chapter VIII is concerned with 'Identity and distinctive function of
a phoneme'; Chapter IX with 'Phonematics'; Chapter X with 'Neutralization'
and 'archiphoneme'; Chapter XI with 'phonemes and their realizations
(allophony)'; and Chapter XII with 'Phonotactics’.
Part II, consists of one basic chapter, and is intended to give
general background information about Yulu - the language whose phonological
analysis we are concerned with in this thesis.
Part III, dealing with the actual phonological analysis consists of
five chapters. Chapter I deals with 'The phonemes of Yulu and their
realizations'; Chapter II 'Neutralization' and 'Concord'; Chapter III
'Classificatory calculus in Yulu'; Chapter IV 'Phonotactic distribution
in Yulu'; and Chapter V 'The tones of Yulu'
Variations on the Author
No full text“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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