"German-language approaches to translation have been revolutionized by the theory of actions (Handlungstheorie) and the related theory of a translation's goal or purpose (Skopostheorie). Both these approaches are functionalist, they seek to liberate translators from servitude to…
Since the 1970s functionalism has been attached to a variety of movements and models making major contributions to linguistic theory. Over the past decades it has gained more ground, and we now have a substantial body of literature from various perspectives making a positive imp…
The 15 contributions in the present collection can be divided roughly into three groups: (1) Papers directly following up functional stylistics and the theory of language culture, elaborated in the classical period of the Prague Linguistic School. (2) Papers concerning the probl…
The Reaching for Mind workshop, held at AISB '95 (Sheffield, U.K.), explicitly addressed itself to the current crisis in Cognitive Science. In particular, the issue of how this discipline can address consciousness was a leitmotiv in the workshop. The conclusion seems inescapable…
The Reaching for Mind workshop, held at AISB '95 (Sheffield, U.K.), explicitly addressed itself to the current crisis in Cognitive Science. In particular, the issue of how this discipline can address consciousness was a leitmotiv in the workshop. The conclusion seems inescapable…