Thus, some draw an analogy between the explanation of speech dispositions by means of systems of semantic rules and the evolutionary explanation of animal traits and behavior by natural selection.
They also argue that if a meaning determining rule R for an expression e requires e to be used correctly, there is no room for such rules in the explanation of speech acts: If a speaker wants to say that p, a rule requiring them to use e correctly not only is of no help, there is no "slot" in the practical syllogism into which it would coherently fit (Glüer & Pagin 1999, 223f).
Part of the motivation for their motor theory of speech perception, against auditory theories, is to integrate explanations of speech perception and speech production (1985, 23-5, 30-1, see also Matthen 2005, ch 9, which uses the Motor Theory to support a Codependency Thesis linking the capacities to perceive and produce phonemes, 221).
In contradistinction to truly evolutionary explanations, explanations of speech dispositions by means of (institutionalized) systems of rules remain only quasi-evolutionary; the crucial explanans is not natural selection, but the system of rules that exists prior to the individual speaker's acquisition of language (cf. Sellars 1954, Searle 1995).
This is yet further explanation of why a speech the prime minister is expected to deliver in the Netherlands within the next two weeks has proved so hard to write and may prove so controversial.
"What makes this kind of censorship so insidious is that they always use national security, pornography or blasphemy as an explanation for blocking other kinds of speech," Ms. Saleem said, adding that her site had been blocked for several months in 2010 when it made reference to a ban on Facebook.
And where are the words?" A moment later she smiled and said, "O.K.," as she resumed her explanation of the research, her speech having returned to the prompters in front of the podium from which it had vanished just when it was needed most.
By Amy Davidson Sorkin May 21, 2009 Obama had quite a day: a meeting with the Pittsburgh Steelers (minus James Harrison — the Post-Gazette's Ed Bouchette has a reasonably plausible explanation of that affair) and a speech about defending both the country and the Constitution that was given, lest we missed the point, in the National Archives, home of the actual Constitution.
In that post we quoted Flickr's director of community Heather Champ who said "We very much value freedom of speech and creativity" in an explanation about why the image was removed from Flickr.
In the context of such a hierarchical model of speech comprehension, a more plausible explanation is that increased phase locking of oscillations in auditory cortex to intelligible speech reflects the numerous efferent auditory connections that provide input to auditory cortex from secondary auditory areas and beyond (Hackett et al. 1999, 2007; de la Mothe et al. 2006).
At the crux of the president's speech was an explanation of Obamacare's benefits for women and the argument that a Romney administration would be a step backward for women's health.
