Philosophy of Language: The Basics

With a glossary of key terms, questions for reflection, and suggestions for further reading, Philosophy of Language: The Basics is the place to start for anyone who is or knows someone who is curious about how high the seas of language rise.

List of contents

Acknowledgements Preface Part 1: Information Exchange 1. What is a language? 2. Semantics 3. Metasemantics 4. Pragmatics Part 2: Speech as Action 5. Speech act theory 6. Silencing, disabling, and distortion 7. Slurs 8. Linguistic diversity. Bibliography Index

About the author

Ethan Nowak is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Cardiff University in Wales.

Summary

With a glossary of key terms, questions for reflection, and suggestions for further reading, Philosophy of Language: The Basics is the place to start for anyone who is or knows someone who is curious about how high the seas of language rise.

Product details

• Authors: Ethan Nowak, Ethan (Cardiff University Nowak
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2024
• EAN: 9781032168777
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3216877-7
• No. of pages: 204
• Series: BASICS
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Philosophy of Language, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, PHILOSOPHY / Language, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, Sociolinguistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc, Language;linguistics;Frege;Russell;Strawson;Kripke