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Philosophy of language / Zoltan Gendler Szabo, Yale University Connecticut, Richmond H. Thomason, University of Michigan.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Cambridge textbooks in linguisticsPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019Description: xii, 327 pages, 5 unnumbered pages of plates ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781107096646
  • 9781107480629
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 401 .Sz996 2019
Summary: "This unique textbook introduces linguists to key issues in the philosophy of language. Accessible to students who have taken only a single course in linguistics, yet sophisticated enough to be used at the graduate level, the book provides an overview of the central issues in philosophy of language, a key topic in educating the next generation of researchers in semantics and pragmatics. The book focuses on the core foundational and philosophical issues in semantics and pragmatics, richly illustrated with historical case studies to show how linguistic questions are related to philosophical problems in areas such as metaphysics, epistemology and ethics. Students are introduced in Part I to the issues at the core of semantics, including compositionality, reference and intentionality. Part II looks at pragmatics: context, conversational update, implicature and speech acts, whilst Part III discusses foundational questions about meaning. The book will encourage future collaboration and development between philosophy of language and linguistics." --Publisher's description
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Includes bibliography (pages 297-319) and indexes.

"This unique textbook introduces linguists to key issues in the philosophy of language. Accessible to students who have taken only a single course in linguistics, yet sophisticated enough to be used at the graduate level, the book provides an overview of the central issues in philosophy of language, a key topic in educating the next generation of researchers in semantics and pragmatics. The book focuses on the core foundational and philosophical issues in semantics and pragmatics, richly illustrated with historical case studies to show how linguistic questions are related to philosophical problems in areas such as metaphysics, epistemology and ethics. Students are introduced in Part I to the issues at the core of semantics, including compositionality, reference and intentionality. Part II looks at pragmatics: context, conversational update, implicature and speech acts, whilst Part III discusses foundational questions about meaning. The book will encourage future collaboration and development between philosophy of language and linguistics." --Publisher's description

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