Constructional Effects of "Just Because ... Doesn't Mean ..."

Constructional Effects of Just Because ... Doesn’t Mean ..

We will argue that this construction combines semantic and syntactic quirks that necessitate a constructional analysis. Further, we will show that specifying the pragmatic properties of the construction (and in particular the presuppositions that introduces) allows for a particularly elegant account of the construction’s distribution. This, in turn, provides further support for the sign-based v...

Constructional Effects of Just Because

We will argue that this construction combines semantic and syntactic quirks that necessitate a constructional analysis. Further, we will show that specifying the pragmatic properties of the construction (and in particular the presuppositions that introduces) allows for a particularly elegant account of the construction’s distribution. This, in turn, provides further support for the sign-based v...

Constant Connectivity: Just Because You Can Doesn't Mean You Should

Surgical Decision-Making in Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology: Just Because You Can, Doesn't Mean You Should.

Surgeons share their challenges and dilemmas in making ethical decisions in these twelve personal stories. The three commentary articles draw out the lessons the stories address. The commentators come from diverse backgrounds including sociology, bioethics, nursing, and surgery.

“Just Because”: Taking Belief Bases Seriously

We formalize several ways of accounting, in the context of logically closed theories, for foundationalist intuitions that underlie change operations applying to belief bases. A positive and a negative concept of entrenchment is defined on the basis of the structure of a given, possibly prioritized belief base. Only the latter, more fine-grained concept proves to be appropriate for a successful ...