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Title Agency and intentions in language / edited by Julie Goncharov and Hedde Zeijlstra
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023]

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Description 1 online resource (x, 111 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Series Brill Research Perspectives
Linguistics
Brill research perspectives.
Contents 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 -- Ömer 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, Clémentine 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
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 21, 2024)
Subject Intentionality (Philosophy)
Agent (Philosophy)
Intention.
Semantics.
Language and languages.
Sociolinguistics.
Language and languages -- Semantics
sociolinguistics.
Language and languages.
Language and languages -- Semantics.
Sociolinguistics.
Form Electronic book
Author Goncharov, Julie, editor
Zeijlstra, Hedzer Hugo, 1975- editor.
ISBN 9004679812
9789004679818