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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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About the Author
William G. Lycan is a leading philosopher of language and mind. He is William Rand Kenan, Jr. Professor at the University of Carolina at Chapel Hill. His published works include Modality and Meaning (1994) and Consciousness and Experience (1998).
Review
This exceptional text fulfills two essential criteria of a good introductory textbook in the philosophy of language: it covers a broad range of topics well, all of which are the basis of current active research, and does so in an accurate manner accessible to undergraduate students.
–Mike Harnish, University of Arizona
...an excellent textbook for teaching. the examples throughout are delightful and students will love them.
–Edwin Mares, Victoria University of Wellington
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- PublisherRoutledge
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0415171164
- ISBN 13 9780415171168
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages260
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