In this tightly woven, intelligently written book, Brian T. Atkinson interviews both well-known musicians and up-and-coming artists to reveal, in the performers' own words, how their creative careers have been shaped by the life and work of Townes Van Zandt.
A Functional-Cognitive Approach
Exploring the concept of knowledge, this book delves into its various forms and the dynamics of sharing understanding through dialogue. It emphasizes the importance of common ground between interlocutors, highlighting how successful communication can facilitate the exchange of knowledge. The text examines the nuances of speech acts and the interplay between different types of knowledge, making it a thought-provoking read for those interested in philosophy, linguistics, and communication theory.
Focusing on the speech acts of modern Irish, this book explores various types, including assertive, directive, and expressive acts, along with their clausal and sentential constructions. It aims to engage a diverse scholarly audience, particularly linguists interested in the pragmatics of the Irish language. The text offers valuable insights for those examining the interplay between syntax, semantics, and pragmatics, making it a useful resource for understanding language phenomena in this context.
Focusing on the structure of the Irish language, this book delves into its verb-subject-object order and examines various linguistic elements from a functional perspective. It explores the noun phrase's layered structure, clause composition, and the verbal system, including verb valence behaviors linked to event and argument structure. The text also analyzes the derivation of the verbal noun, light verbs, and complex predicates, while addressing unique linguistic phenomena in Irish, such as the dual verbs for 'to be' and previous functionalist treatments of the language.
The purpose of the book is to draw a comprehensive and representative picture of the dimensions of meaning, emerging from the interrelationship between these domains of language, culture, knowledge, and context.