Abstract Many theorists have found the notion of forgiveness to be paradoxical, for it is thought that only blameworthy can appropriately forgiven but are blamed, not forgiven. Some appealed repentance resolve this tension. But others objected such a response explanatorily inadequate in sense merely stipulates and names solution leaving transformative power unexplained. Worse still, cannot succ...

Iconicity, the resemblance between form of a word and its meaning, has effects on behavior in both communicative symbol development language learning experiments. These results have invited speculation about iconicity being key feature origins language, yet presence natural languages seems limited. In diachronic study change, we investigated extent to which is stable property vocabulary, alongs...

Record 4 of 100 Title: Different times, different themes in Lady Chatterley's Lover: a diachronic critical discourse analysis of translator's prefaces

Phonological systems show clear signs of being shaped by phonetics. Sound patterns are overwhelmingly phonetically ‘natural’, in that they reflect the influence of physical constraints on speech production and perception, and categorical phonological processes often mirror low-level gradient phonetic effects. The question of how best to explain and model the influence of phonetics on phonology ...