How should we analyse the meaning of proper names, indexicals, demonstratives and definite descriptions? What relation do such expressions stand to the objects they designate or to mental representations of those objects? George Powell casts new light on these and other questions by approaching them from within a cognitive framework. Series: Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language & Cognition. Num Pages: 226 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 372. . 2010. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Language, Thought and Reference
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication Date: 2010
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0230227953
ISBN 13: 9780230227958
Binding: Hardcover
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GEORGE POWELL is a post-doctoral researcher at University College London, UK. He has taught at a number of British universities, and has published papers on pragmatics, semantics and the philosophy of language. He currently lives in Montreal.

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