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Certainty-uncertainty : And the attitudinal space in between /
Religious belief is an emotional attitude that is not based on a "certain" experience. Adolescence is a very uncertain stage of life and an unstable faith can mirror this turbulence. The aim of this work is to investigate the discursive construction of religious experience in late adolesce...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Publishing Company,
[2014]
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| Colección: | Studies in language companion series ;
165. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Certainty-uncertainty
- and the Attitudinal Space in Between; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Table of contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. Foreword; 2. The concept of 'Certainty'; 3. Certainty between truth ascription and truth negotiation; 4. The Mood/Modality differential; 5. The contents of this volume; References; Additional topically selected references; Certainty; 1. Foreword; 2. 'Certainty' as a concept in accessible world semantics; 2.1 Intersubjectivity/IS; 2.2 What is Certainty?; 3. Types/categories and degrees of Uncertainty?; 3.1 German modal verbs.
- 3.2 German modal particles4. The axiomatics for (I)S and FCA? UG and Reference?; 5. Shift of responsibility: Modalization in the finite predicate/ VP by source type and assessor type.; 6. Modalization in the lexical predicate/V by modal type and force; 7. Challenging reliability; 7.1 Double transitivity; 7.2 Establishing common ground: Double transitivity; 7.3 Lexical modalizers; 8. Summary and conclusion; References; Modes of modality in an Un-Cartesian framework; 1. Introduction; 2. Modality and the different qualities of 'double displacement'; 3. Subjectivity warranting certainty?
- 4. Different types of long-term memory and the coding of different grammars of the possible5. Summary and outlook: The linguistic basis of a non-naive realism; References; Counter-argumentation and modality; 1. Introduction; 2. Argumentation and modality; 3. Emotions and modality; 4. Inferential activities; 5. Argumentative modal operators; 6. The modal levels and degrees; 6.1 First level; 6.2 Optional categories: The second level; 6.2.a At the sentence level; 6.2.b At discourse level: The counter-argumentative chain; 6.2.b1 REINFORCER; 6.2.b2 REBUTTAL; 6.2.b3 ALTERNATIVE.
- 6.2.b4 PRECISERS or CONDITIONERS7. Conclusion; References; Explanation as a certainty marker in persuasive dialogue; 1. Argument and explanation; 2. Hempel's models of scientific explanation; 3. Trouble with inductive-statistical explanations; 4. More on epistemic relativity; 5. The rhetorical use of explanation; 6. Two illustrations; References; How to deal with attitude strengt in debating situations; 1. Introduction; 2. Background; 3. Strategies; 3.1 Strategy 1: Avoid forewarning opposition; 3.2 Strategy 2: The strength of the arguments; 3.3 Strategy 3: The repetition of reasons.