An in-depth analysis of possessive constructions in English in terms of " Cognitive Grammar", as developed by Ronald Langacker & others. The book also provides a wide-ranging critique of alternative analyses, especially those derived from the Chomskyan school. ...

Possibility is a philosophical treatise on the metaphysical concepts of possibility & necessity. Jubien rejects the idea of possible worlds, & starts instead the notion of a physical object & the positing of properties & relations. He has new things to say about such topics as essentialism, natural kinds, & proper names. ...

Takes a look at the metaphysics & logic of possibility & reality, & illuminates them from a variety of perspectives. This collection features topics which include the history of philosophy as well as the semantics of possible worlds; logic, mathematics & computer science as well as literature & the media. ...

Businessman George Barber (Tom Mc Camus) is discovered dead, with his head cut open & his brain removed, & the police are clueless as to how it all happened. A series of flashbacks shows us scenes from George's life, but it soon becomes clear that George lived not one life but many, arrayed across a number of possible worlds, & in each of these lives he loved a woman named Joyce (Tilda Swinton). The police eventually find George's brain in the laboratory of scientist Dr Kleber (Gabriel Gascon), where it is being subjected to some unusual experiments.. .. ...

Examines the claim that there is no fundamental distinction between fiction & history. This title asks whether these two possible worlds are in any way different from each other. To answer this question, it analyzes historical & literary texts to explore the connection between the postmodern theory of writing & the actual practice of it. ...

Features poems that imbue the physical world with human traits & human consciousness, the speakers imagining the landscapes of their days as alive with portentous meaning. This title

Includes:: poems mostly situated in the American Midwest & American South.

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