Attitude Reports

A critical survey of key issues in the analysis of propositional attitude reports, a central topic in natural language semantics.

List of contents

Introduction; Foundations; Attitude Reports and Proper Names; The de dicto/de re Ambiguity; de se Attitude Reports; Desire Reports and Beyond; Other Topics; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Thomas Grano is Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Indiana University Bloomington. He is the author of Control and Restructuring (2015) and his work has appeared in numerous journals.

Summary

Providing a comprehensive overview of the key concepts, questions and literature, this is an essential resource on propositional attitude reports, a central topic in natural language semantics. Synthesizing the facts, theories, and analytical problems, it will be welcomed by students and researchers wishing to explore this fertile area of study.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Grano, Thomas (Indiana University ) Grano, Grano Thomas
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9781108423281
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42328-1
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Key Topics in Semantics and Pragmatics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Philosophy of Language, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc