Austere realism [[electronic resource] ] : contextual semantics meets minimal ontology / / Terry Horgan and Matjaž Potrč

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452190603321
• Autore: Horgan Terry <1948->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2008
• ISBN: 1-282-10015-7; 9786612100154; 0-262-27568-6; 1-4356-4784-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (231 p.)
• Collana: Representation and mind
• Altri autori (Persone): PotrčMatjaž
• Disciplina: 149/.2
• Soggetti: Ontology; Realism; Semantics; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "A Bradford book."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-213) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Simple Realism: The Naive Approach to Truth and Ontology; 2 Problems for Simple Realism; 3 Contextual Semantics: Truth as Indirect Correspondence; 4 Austere Realism: Overcoming Simple Realism's Problems; 5 The Ascendance of the Austere: Further Arguments for Austere Realism; 6 Objections to Austere Realism; 7 Betting on the Blobject: The Choice among Austere Ontologies; Notes; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This work presents a provocative ontological-cum-semantic position stating that the right ontology is austere in its exclusion of numerous common-sense and scientific posits and that many statements employing such posits are nonetheless true.

Bikol Dictionary

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910326655803321
• Autore: Mintz Malcolm W
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Honolulu : , : University of Hawaii Press, , 1971; ©1971
• ISBN: 0-8248-7891-4
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (810 pages)
• Collana: PALI Language Texts--Philippines Series
• Disciplina: 499/.21
• Soggetti: Bikol language - Dictionaries - English; English language - Dictionaries - Bikol
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- BIKOL DICTIONARY -- BIKOL DICTIONARY -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PREFACE -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION1 -- THE BIKOL ALPHABET -- ORTHOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION -- THE POLICY ADOPTED IN WRITING SPANISH LOAN WORDS -- THE POLICY ADOPTED IN WRITING ENGLISH LOAN WORDS -- SOUNDS WHICH HAVE ENTERED THE BIKOL SOUND SYSTEM THROUGH THE GENERAL USAGE OF FOREIGN WORDS -- CONSONANTS -- VOWELS -- SOUNDS IN BIKOL -- CONSONANTS -- VOWEL -- The Distribution of /u/ and /o/ -- Exceptions -- The Policy Adopted for the Writing of /i/ and /e/ -- THE DIPHTHONGS -- USE OF THE DICTIONARY -- AFFIXES -- TENSES -- STRESS -- VERBAL -- NON-VERBAL -- COMBINED AFFIX FORMS -- CAUSATIVE SERIES: PA- -- TENSES -- MANG- AND PANG- SERIES -- TENSES -- PANG- AS A NOMINAL -- MAKI- AND PAKI- SERIES -- HING- SERIES -- UNINTENTIONAL ACTION1 -- TENSES -- ABILITY SERIES -- MAGÍN -- PLURALS -- NOUNS -- VERBS -- ADJECTIVES -- BIKOL - ENGLISH -- - A - -- - B - -- - C - -- - D - -- - E - -- - F - -- - G - -- - H - -- - I - -- - J - -- - K - -- - L - -- - M - -- - N - -- - NG - -- - O - -- - P - -- - Q - -- - R - -- - S - -- - SU - -- - T - -- - U - -- - V - -- - W - -- - X - -- - Y - -- - Z - -- ENGLISH - BIKOL -- - A - -- - B - -- - C - -- - D - -- - E - -- - F - -- - G - -- - H - -- - I - -- - J - -- - K - -- - L - -- - M - -- - N - -- - O - -- - P - -- - Q - -- - R - -- - S - -- - T - -- - U - -- - V - -- - W - -- - X - -- - Y - ; -- - Z.
• Sommario/riassunto: The Bikol language of the Philippines, spoken in the southernmost peninsula of Luzon Island and extending into the island provinces of Catanduanes and Masbate, is presented in this bilingual dictionary.