Philosophy of Language

The first philosophy of language textbook on the market to cater to both linguists and philosophers.

Sommario

Introduction; Part I. Philosophy of Semantics: 1. Frege and Tarski; 2. Compositionality; 3. Reference and quantification; 4. Tense and modality; 5. Intentionality; Part II. Philosophy of Pragmatics: 6. Austin and Grice; 7. Context and content; 8. Common ground and conversational update; 9. Implicature and figurative speech; 10. Assertion and other speech acts; Part III. Meaning as a Philosophical Problem: 11. Meaning and use; 12. Externalism and internalism; 13. Paradox and vagueness.

Info autore

Zoltán Gendler Szabó is Professor of Philosophy and Linguistics at Yale University, Connecticut. His research focuses on philosophy of language. He is an editor of the Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy series and associate editor of the Journal of Semantics.Richmond H. Thomason is Professor of Philosophy, Linguistics, and Computer Science at the University of Michigan. He has written two logic textbooks, and edited several books in areas related to logic and linguistics. He is a fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence and a managing editor of Studia Logica.

Riassunto

Aimed at both students and professionals of linguistics who seek a deeper understanding of philosophy of language, as well as philosophers who wish to connect their debates with the practice of linguistics, this book will serve the ever increasing number of courses on philosophy of language for linguistics students.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: SZAB ZOLT N GENDLE, Zolt¿Gendler Szab¿, Zoltan Gendler Szabo, Zoltan Gendler (Yale University Szabo, Zoltán Gendler Szabó, Richmond H. Thomason, Richmond H. (University of Michigan Thomason, Thomason Richmond H.
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781107480629
• ISBN: 978-1-107-48062-9
• Pagine: 338
• Serie: Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics; Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata; Philosophy of Language, PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body