Philosophy of language: a contemporary introduction

"Now in its Third Edition, Philosophy of Language: A Contemporary Introduction introduces students to the main issues and theories in twentieth-century philosophy of language, focusing specifically on linguistic phenomena. Author William G. Lycan structures the book into four general parts. Par...

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1. Verfasser: Lycan, William G. 1945- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York ; London Routledge 2019
Ausgabe:Third edition
Schriftenreihe:Routledge contemporary introductions to philosophy
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Zusammenfassung:"Now in its Third Edition, Philosophy of Language: A Contemporary Introduction introduces students to the main issues and theories in twentieth-century philosophy of language, focusing specifically on linguistic phenomena. Author William G. Lycan structures the book into four general parts. Part I, Reference and Referring, includes topics such as Russell's theory of descriptions (and its objections), Donnellan's distinction, problems of anaphora, the description theory of proper names, Searle's cluster theory, and the causal-historical theory. Part II, Theories of Meaning, surveys the competing theories of linguistic meaning and compares their various advantages and liabilities. Part III, Pragmatics and Speech Acts, introduces the basic concepts of linguistic pragmatics and includes a detailed discussion of the problem of indirect force. Part IV, The Expressive and the Figurative, examines various forms of expressive language and what "metaphorical meaning" is and how most listeners readily grasp it."...
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:xiii, 238 Seiten
ISBN:9781138504578
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