Philosophy of Language

Philosophy of Language
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 261
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ISBN-10 : 9781134696048
ISBN-13 : 1134696043
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Book Synopsis Philosophy of Language by : William G. Lycan

Download or read book Philosophy of Language written by William G. Lycan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-08-21 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philosophy of Language introduces the student to the main issues and theories in twentieth-century philosophy of language. Topics are structured in three 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. Unique features of the text: * chapter overviews and summaries * clear supportive examples * study questions * annotated further reading * glossary.


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