Philosophy of Language - A Contemporary Introduction by William G. Lycan

Philosophy of Language - A Contemporary Introduction



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Philosophy of Language - A Contemporary Introduction William G. Lycan
Language: English
Page: 234
Format: pdf
ISBN: 0415957524, 9780415957526
Publisher: Routledge

Philosophy of Language: A Contemporary Introduction introduces the student to the main issues and theories in twentieth century philosophy of language, focusing specifically on linguistic phenomena.

Topics are structured in four parts in the book. Part I, Reference and Referring Expressions, includes topics such as Russell's Theory of Desciptions, 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, includes a detailed discussion of the problem of indirect force and surveys approaches to metaphor. Part IV, new to this edition, examines the four theories of metaphor.

Features of Philosophy of Language include:

New chapters on Frege and puzzles, inferentialism, illocutionary theories of meaning and relevance theory

chapter overviews and summaries

clear supportive examples

study questions

annotated further reading

glossary

 

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