TY  - GEN
T1  - Philosophy of language : a contemporary introduction
T2  - Routledge contemporary introductions to philosophy.
A1  - Lycan, William G.
LA  - English
PP  - London ; New York
PB  - Routledge
YR  - 2000
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocm49569898
AB  - 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.
OP  - 243
CN  - P106 .L886 2000eb
SN  - 0203190734
SN  - 9780203190739
SN  - 020313849X
SN  - 9780203138496
SN  - 9780415171151
SN  - 0415171156
SN  - 9780415171168
SN  - 0415171164
SN  - 6610354472
SN  - 9786610354474
SN  - 9781134696055
SN  - 1134696051
SN  - 9781134696000
SN  - 1134696000
SN  - 9781134696048
SN  - 1134696043
KW  - Language and languages : Philosophy.
KW  - Langage et langues : Philosophie.
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES : General.
KW  - Language and languages : Philosophy
KW  - Sprachphilosophie
KW  - Taalfilosofie.
KW  - Språkfilosofi.
KW  - Filosofia da linguagem.
KW  - språkfilosofi
KW  - semantikk
KW  - pragmatikk
KW  - lærebok
KW  - Electronic book.
ER  -