Variable Modality in Pintupi-Luritja Purposive Clauses

Human Purposive Movement Theory

Meta-language utterances in purposive discourse

Meta-language utterances, i.e. utterances about other utterances, are ubiquitous in every type of human discourse, from unconstrained multi-party conversations to task-oriented man-machine dialogues. Several examples of meta-language communication are analyzed, identifying the complexities that a cognitively plausible discourse model should address. Meta-language utterances are investigated in ...

Purposive Behavior in Animals and Men

as to where between the two poles of behaviorism and structuralism they will finally see their science find its place. It has become ever more evident that psychology after all is one; that structuralism has long since been at its most structuralistic, and that behaviorism, born more than full-grown, has been rapidly progressing from senescence toward a more normal adolescence. Thia is hopeful,...

Variable vs. Categorical Effects Preposition Pied Piping and Stranding in British English Relative Clauses

Action Relations In Rationale Clauses And Means Clauses

Communicat ion among agents collaborating on a task often involves complex ut terances about multiple actions. In this paper, we analyze two part icular multiaction constructions, ut terances with means clauses and utterances with rationale clauses. We present the distinctive features of these constructions, describe their logical form, and define interpretation rules for deriving their meaning...