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Publisher: Blackwell

Place: Oxford

Year: 1998

ISBN (Undefined): 9780631208907

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Pieter Seuren, Western linguistics, Oxford, Blackwell, 1998

Western linguistics

Pieter Seuren

Contents

The truth and fairness of historical descriptions

The truth of historical generalizations and classifications

Descriptive explanations

Historical interpretations

The meaning of texts

The truth of cultural history

Causal, contrastive and functional explanations

Explaining individual actions

Explaining collective actions

Explaining social changes

Should we privilege the individual?