Linguistics

Winter Reading List (2024)

A collection of 28 books that will interest my readers just as much as they interest me.

Nov 8 •

Mir H. S. Quadri

Can Noncommutativity Be Emergent?

Discussing How Emergent Phenomena manifests in a Complex System with Underlying Noncommutative Rule Sets

Oct 23 •

Mir H. S. Quadri

Answering Questions About CEMLA

Addressing Important Questions about the Complex Emergent Model of Language Acquisition

Oct 16 •

Mir H. S. Quadri

Introducing CEMLA - A New Framework For Understanding Language Acquisition

Using Complexity Theory to Understand the Underpinnings of Human Language Acquisition

Oct 9 •

Mir H. S. Quadri

Can Meaning Exist Without Silence?

Discussing Derrida’s Perspective on Silence as an Active Presence in the formation of Meaning in Language

Aug 14 •

Mir H. S. Quadri

Can Formal Logic Explain Language?

Discussing Richard Montague’s Formalised Approach to Natural Language Semantics and its Bifurcation with the Chomskyan Approach

Aug 7 •

Mir H. S. Quadri

What’s In A Look?

Deconstructing the Spanish Verb ‘mirar’ to Explore the Weight that a Simple Word Can Carry

Jul 31 •

Mir H. S. Quadri

5 Questions on Being, Becoming, & Happening

Answering 5 Questions Related to ‘Happening’ & Discussing the Perspectives of Heraclitus & Parmenides

Jun 26 •

Mir H. S. Quadri

Constructing a Language with Turtles

A Step by Step Procedure for Constructing Your Own Language

May 29 •

Mir H. S. Quadri

How to Self-Study the Philosophy of Language this Summer

A Minimalist & Essentialist Approach to Self-Study the Philosophy of Language

May 15 •

Mir H. S. Quadri

The Role of Dependency Grammar in Linguistic Theory and Practice

A Comparative Study of Tesnière’s Dependency Grammar and Chomsky’s Phrase Structure Grammar Using English and Japanese Languages

May 1 •

Mir H. S. Quadri

The Paradox of Being Silent

An Investigation into the Elusive Nature of Silence and the Problem of Defining Being Silent

Apr 17 •

Mir H. S. Quadri

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