Given the widespread consensus that the Qur'an was in oral tradition before being committed to written form, it should come as no surprise to learn that the Qur'an still bears the traces of its original oral form.
The Holy Quran EBook versionEnglish Translation and Commentary Detailed commentary with extensive references to standard authorities, both classical and modern Comprehensive introduction deals with Islamic teachings and the collection and arrangement of the Holy Quran Extensive IndexReviewsThere is no other translation or commentary of the Holy Quran in the English Language to compete with Maulvi Muhammad Alis Masterpiece.
This book is about supporting students in Higher Education using language, and specifically using a combination of written text based linguistic approaches alongside and with other non-text related languages.
In clear and lively prose that avoids jargon, the author carefully and systematically examines the many kinds of subtly nuanced words or word-pairs of everyday discourse such as 'and'-'but', 'before'-'ere', 'Chinese'-'Chink', and 'sweat'-'perspiration', that have proven resistant to truth-conditional explanations of meaning.
The Event of Style in Literature brings discussions about the question of style up-to-date by schematising the principal issues relating to the topic through a critical overview of the canon of style studies.
Combining a fresh, previously unexplored view of the subject with a detailed overview of the past and ongoing philosophical discussion on the matter, this book investigates the phenomenon of semantic under-determinacy by seeking an answer to the questions of how it can be explained, and how communication is possible despite it.
Die bewährte Übersetzung des Koran von Max Henning zeichnet sich durch gute Lesbarkeit und Verständlichkeit bei Texttreue und Respekt vor dem religiösen Gehalt aus.
This book is an advanced debate on the nature of scalar implicatures, one of the most popular topics in philosophical linguistics in the last 20 years.
In this study two strands of inferentialism are brought together: the philosophical doctrine of Brandom, according to which meanings are generally inferential roles, and the logical doctrine prioritizing proof-theory over model theory and approaching meaning in logical, especially proof-theoretical terms.
En este libro se cita una y otra vez al filosofo chileno Patricio Marchant, autor de Árboles y madres (Gato Murr, 1984) y Escritura y temblor (Cuarto propio, 2000).
This book explores how and in what ways the relationship between language, mind and computation can be conceived of, given that a number of foundational assumptions about this relationship remain unacknowledged in mainstream linguistic theory, yet continue to be the basis of theoretical developments and empirical advances.
As philosophy departments attempt to define their unique value amid program closures in the humanities and the rise of interdisciplinary research, metaphilosophy has become an increasingly important area of inquiry.
As philosophy departments attempt to define their unique value amid program closures in the humanities and the rise of interdisciplinary research, metaphilosophy has become an increasingly important area of inquiry.
Exploring the potential of poetry and poetic language as a means of conveying perspectives on later life, this book examines questions such as 'how can we understand ageing and later life?
This book considers Wilfrid Sellars' engagement with Kantian philosophy-both theoretical and practical-in his exegetical work in reading Kant as well as in his own systematic development of Kantian philosophy.
Kant y Jean Paul concuerdan, en el marco de una teoría del conocimiento, que un saber absoluto que tenga el ser humano sobre las cosas y sobre sí mismo es inalcanzable.
This book offers a self-reflective, critical approach to the study of what is popularly known as polyglossia, charting the gradual but marked process of its commoditization over the last 20 years and offering a counterpoint to mainstream positivist treatment of serial language learning.
A prevailing view of argumentation is overturned to advance practices for analyzing, evaluating, and designing disagreement management in complex communication.
By comprehensively exploring the theoretical questions raised by professional communication, this book provides an introduction to the philosophy of communication.
This volume explores the compositional semantics of clausal complementation, and proposes a theory in which clause-embedding predicates are uniformly "e;question-oriented"e;, i.
This edited volume on contextualism and pragmatics is interdisciplinary in character and contains contributions from linguistics, cognitive science and socio-pragmatics.
Das Anliegen der Ontosophie besteht darin, evolutionär und kulturell verzerrte Vorstellungen von dem, was Denken und Realität seien, herauszustellen und sie via Bewusstwerdung zu durchschauen.
Der dritte und letzte Band der »Ontosophie« ist geprägt von Ackers naturwissenschaftlichem Hintergrund und von seinem umfassenden Interesse für das menschliche Verhältnis zum Unendlichen, wie es nicht zuletzt auch von spirituellen und insbesondere anthroposophischen und fernöstlichen Welterzählungen behandelt wird.
Das Anliegen der Ontosophie besteht darin, evolutionär und kulturell verzerrte Vorstellungen von dem, was Denken und Realität seien, herauszustellen und sie via Bewusstwerdung zu durchschauen.
