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Analysis and falsifiability in practice 实践中的分析与证伪性

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Theoretical Linguistics Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI: 10.1515/tl-2021-2009

Adam J. R. Tallman

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Beyond universals and particulars in language 超越语言的共性和特殊性

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Theoretical Linguistics Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI: 10.1515/tl-2021-2004

B. Bickel

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(Non)conventional aspects of language and their relation to general linguistics 语言的(非)传统方面及其与一般语言学的关系

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Theoretical Linguistics Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI: 10.1515/tl-2021-2007

Susanne Fuchs, Ludger Paschen

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General linguistics and the nature of human language 普通语言学与人类语言的本质

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Theoretical Linguistics Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI: 10.1515/tl-2021-2006

Diana Forker

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How to tear down the walls that separate linguists: continuing the quest for clarity about general linguistics 如何打破语言学家之间的隔阂，继续追求普通语言学的清晰

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Theoretical Linguistics Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI: 10.1515/tl-2021-2011

Martin Haspelmath

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On the innate building blocks of language and scientific explanation 论语言与科学解释的内在组成部分

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Theoretical Linguistics Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI: 10.1515/tl-2021-2008

José-Luis Mendívil-Giró

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Truthmaker semantics for natural language: Attitude verbs, modals, and intensional transitive verbs 自然语言的Truthmaker语义：态度动词、情态动词和内涵传递动词

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Theoretical Linguistics Pub Date : 2020-10-01 DOI: 10.1515/tl-2020-0010

Friederike Moltmann