Csilla Rákosi

List of John Benjamins publications in which Csilla Rákosi is involved.

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The Evidential Basis of Linguistic Argumentation

Edited by András Kertész and Csilla Rákosi

Currently, one of the methodological debates in linguistics focuses on the question of what kinds of data are allowed in different linguistic theories and what subtypes of data can work as evidence for or against particular hypotheses. The first part of the volume puts forward a methodological… read more

[Studies in Language Companion Series, 153] 2014. vi, 320 pp.

Kertész, András and Csilla Rákosi 2014 Chapter 1. Introduction: The state of the art and the structure of the book The Evidential Basis of Linguistic Argumentation, Kertész, András and Csilla Rákosi (eds.), pp. 1–12 | Article

Kertész, András and Csilla Rákosi 2014 Chapter 11. Conclusions The Evidential Basis of Linguistic Argumentation, Kertész, András and Csilla Rákosi (eds.), pp. 309–314 | Article

Kertész, András and Csilla Rákosi 2014 Chapter 9. Thought experiments and real experiments as converging data sources in pragmatics The Evidential Basis of Linguistic Argumentation, Kertész, András and Csilla Rákosi (eds.), pp. 221–270 | Article

The aim of the present chapter is to reconstruct the relationship between thought experiments and real experiments in pragmatics. In the first part, Searle’s (1969) thought experiment on Kennst du das Land, wo die Zitronen blühn? is analysed with the help of the p-model. The second part… read more

Kertész, András and Csilla Rákosi 2014 Chapter 2. The p-model of data and evidence in linguistics The Evidential Basis of Linguistic Argumentation, Kertész, András and Csilla Rákosi (eds.), pp. 15–48 | Article

The p-model is a metatheoretical approach to linguistic theorising that has been designed to capture the nature of linguistic data and evidence in an unorthodox and novel, but well-motivated and effective way. Its starting point is the insight that the latest literature on linguistic data and… read more

Rákosi, Csilla 2014 Chapter 10. Data and the resolution of inconsistency in Optimality Theory The Evidential Basis of Linguistic Argumentation, Kertész, András and Csilla Rákosi (eds.), pp. 271–308 | Article

This chapter provides a survey about the most frequent methods of inconsistency resolution in Optimality Theory. With the help of the p-model, inconsistencies in OT are divided into two main groups. The first group includes conflicts that are deemed to be fatal and are solved usually by the… read more