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 Language: Communication and Human Behavior: The Linguistic Essays of William Diver

Contents

• • Preliminary Material (i-viii)   (931K)
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    • Contents
  • Introduction: The Enduring Legacy Of William Diver (1-20) by Alan Huffman   (491K)
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    • The Nature And Significance Of Diver’s Work
    • Situating Diver In Contemporary Linguistics
    • Diver’s Oeuvre
    • The Columbia School Linguistic Society
    • The Editors
    • The Creation Of This Volume
    • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction To Paper One (21-22)   (442K)
  • Substance And Value In Linguistic Analysis (23-45) by William Diver   (906K)
  • Introduction To Paper Two (46-46)   (440K)
  • The Nature Of Linguistic Meaning (47-63) by William Diver   (484K)
  • Introduction To Paper Three (64-64)   (440K)
  • The Elements Of A Science Of Language (65-84) by William Diver   (650K)
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    • 1. Discarding The Metaphysical Philosophies Of The Past
    • 2. Observations
    • 3. Communication
    • 4. Kinds Of Signals And Meanings
    • 5. The Human Factor Discovered
    • 6. The Nature And Role Of General Laws
    • 7. The Human Factor: Beyond Notional Content
    • 8. Meanings As Instructions: English That
    • 9. Conclusion
  • Introduction To Paper Four (85-86)   (441K)
  • The Dual (87-99) by William Diver   (733K)
  • Introduction To Paper Five (100-100)   (198K)
  • Putting The Horse Before The Cart: Linguistic Analysis And Linguistic Theory (101-133) by William Diver   (783K)
  • Introduction To Paper Six (134-134)   (441K)
  • The System Of Relevance Of The Homeric Verb (135-159) by William Diver   (565K)
  • Introduction To Paper Seven (160-160)   (199K)
  • Spheres Of Interaction: Linguistic Analysis And Literary Analysis (161-176) by William Diver   (479K)
  • System Of Concentration Of Attention (177-180)   (604K)
  • Introduction To Paper Eight (181-182)   (442K)
  • The Subjunctive Without Syntax (183-193) by William Diver   (623K)
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    • Preface
    • Lecture
  • Introduction To Paper Nine (194-194)   (441K)
  • Latin Voice And Case (195-245) by William Diver and Joseph Davis   (1M)
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    • Introduction
    • Part I Voice: Attention To The Activity
    • Part II Case: Focus And Control
    • Appendix To Part II Focus And Degree Of Control In Greek And English
  • Introduction To Paper Ten (246-246)   (441K)
  • Avoidance Of The Obvious: The Pronoun As A Minimax Solution (247-263) by William Diver   (646K)
  • Introduction To Paper Eleven (264-264)   (441K)
  • The Latin Demonstratives (265-277) by William Diver   (714K)
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    • 1. Pronouns: Syntax And Semantics
    • 2. The Deixis Hypothesis
    • 3. Validation: Deixis For Referent-Finding
    • 4. Conclusion
  • Introduction To Paper Twelve (278-278)   (440K)
  • Latin Se (279-290) by William Diver   (869K)
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    • 1. Prologue
    • 2. The Meaning Of Se
    • 3. Editors’ Epilogue: Latin Se And The Romance Reflexive
  • Introduction To Paper Thirteen (291-292)   (442K)
  • Phonology As Human Behavior (293-321) by William Diver   (516K)
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    • 1. Phonetics And Phonology
    • 2. Description, Explanation, And Observability
    • 3. The Identification Of Unobservable Units
    • 4. The Characterization Of Unobservable Units
    • 5. Statement Of The Problem
    • 6. Analysis
    • 7. Conclusion
  • Introduction To Paper Fourteen (322-322)   (440K)
  • The Phonology Of The Extremes Or, What Is A Problem? (323-341) by William Diver and Joseph Davis   (653K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Phonological Architecture
    • 3. Accounting For Co-Occurrences
    • 4. Conclusion
  • Introduction To Paper Fifteen (342-342)   (441K)
  • The Phonological Motivation For Verner’s Law And Grimm’s Law (343-364) by William Diver and Alan Huffman   (1M)
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    • 1. Introduction: The Problem To Be Solved
    • 2. The Standard Analysis
    • 3. The Hypothesis
    • 4. Summary And Conclusions
  • Appendix (365-368) by Alan Huffman   (656K)
  • Introduction To Paper Sixteen (369-370)   (442K)
  • Traditional Grammar And Its Legacy In Twentieth-Century Linguistics (371-443) by William Diver, Joseph Davis and Wallis Reid   (1M)
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    • Outline
    • I. Introduction
    • II. The Logical Component, Or The Theory Of The Sentence
    • III. Other Components Of The Traditional Grammar
    • V. Conclusion
    • Appendix: A Different Point Of View
  • Introduction To Paper Seventeen (444-444)   (442K)
  • Theory (445-520) by William Diver   (656K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. The Relation Of The Observations To The Hypotheses
    • 3. The Hypotheses
    • 4. Conclusion
  • Introduction To Paper Eighteen (521-522)   (199K)
  • The History Of Linguistics In The West: How The Study Of Language Went Wrong In The Western Tradition (523-542) by William Diver   (496K)
  • Bibliography Of William Diver (543-544)   (443K)
  • General Bibliography (545-552)   (467K)
  • Index (553-566)   (484K)