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The Grammar of Identity: Intensifiers and Reflexives in Germanic Languages
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The Grammar of Identity: Intensifiers and Reflexives in Germanic LanguagesThe Grammar of Identity: Intensifiers and Reflexives in Germanic LanguagesAll major Germanic languages except Yiddish have intensifiers that have developed from the reconstructed Proto-Germanic form *selba-. For example, in English we have herself, in Icelandic there is sj´alfur and in Gothic - silba.

This book deals with the question of why intensifiers and reflexives are formally indistinguishable in so many languages of the world. Using evidence from germanic languages, this is a semasiological study on the family of self-forms in Germanic languages.
 
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The Calculus of Selfishnes
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The Calculus of SelfishnesThe Calculus of Selfishnes

How does cooperation emerge among selfish individuals? When do people share resources, punish those they consider unfair, and engage in joint enterprises? These questions fascinate philosophers, biologists, and economists alike, for the "invisible hand" that should turn selfish efforts into public benefit is not always at work. The Calculus of Selfishness looks at social dilemmas where cooperative motivations are subverted and self-interest becomes self-defeating. 
 
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Words & Life
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Words & LifeWords & Life

Hilary Putnam has been convinced for some time that the present situation in philosophy calls for revitalization and renewal; in this latest book he shows us what shape he would like that renewal to take. Words and Life offers a sweeping account of the sources of several of the central problems of philosophy, past and present, and of why some of those problems are not going to go away As the first four part tides in the volume-"The Return of Aristotle,"...

 
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Schaum's Outline of Theory and Problems of Matrix Operations
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Schaum's Outline of Theory and Problems of Matrix OperationsSchaum's Outline of Theory and Problems of Matrix Operationsif you want top grades and thorough understanding of matrix operations, this powerful study tool is the best tutor you can have! It takes you step-by-step through the subject and gives you 363 accompanying related problems with fully worked solutions. You also get plenty of practice problems to do on your own, working at your own speed. (Answers at the back show you how you're doing.)

 
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Comparative Syntax of the Balkan Languages
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Comparative Syntax of the Balkan LanguagesComparative Syntax of the Balkan Languages

This collection of seven papers studies important aspects of the syntax of Albanian, Bulgarian, Greek, and Rumanian from a comparative perspective based on current linguistic frameworks, including the Minimalist Program. Topics addressed include control, raising, and obviation, negation, noun phrase structure, clitic pronouns, and verb movement.
 
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