Philosophy of Language (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics)

This Unique Textbook Introduces Linguists To Key Issues In The Philosophy Of Language. Accessible To Students Who Have Taken Only A Single Course In Linguistics, Yet Sophisticated Enough To Be Used At The Graduate Level, The Book Provides An Overview Of The Central Issues In Philosophy Of Language, A Key Topic In Educating The Next Generation Of Researchers In Semantics And Pragmatics. Thoroughly Grounded In Contemporary Linguistic Theory, The Book Focus On The Core Foundational And Philosophical Issues In Semantics And Pragmatics, Richly Illustrated With Historical Case Studies To Show How Linguistic Questions Are Related To Philosophical Problems In Areas Such As Metaphysics, Epistemology, And Ethics. Students Are Introduced In Part I To The Issues At The Core Of Semantics, Including Compositionality, Reference And Intentionality. Part Ii Looks At Pragmatics: Context, Conversational Update, Implicature And Speech Acts; Whilst Part Iii Discusses Foundational Questions About Meaning. The Book Will Encourage Future Collaboration And Development Between Philosophy Of Language And Linguistics. Zoltán Gendler Szabó, Richmond H. Thomason. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 297-319) And Indexes. This Unique Textbook Introduces Linguists To Key Issues In The Philosophy Of Language. Accessible To Students Who Have Taken Only A Single Course In Linguistics, Yet Sophisticated Enough To Be Used At The Graduate Level, The Book Provides An Overview Of The Central Issues In Philosophy Of Language, A Key Topic In Educating The Next Generation Of Researchers In Semantics And Pragmatics. Thoroughly Grounded In Contemporary Linguistic Theory, The Book Focus On The Core Foundational And Philosophical Issues In Semantics And Pragmatics, Richly Illustrated With Historical Case Studies To Show How Linguistic Questions Are Related To Philosophical Problems In Areas Such As Metaphysics, Epistemology, And Ethics. Students Are Introduced In Part I To The Issues At The Core Of Semantics, Including Compositionality, Reference And Intentionality. Part Ii Looks At Pragmatics: Context, Conversational Update, Implicature And Speech Acts; Whilst Part Iii Discusses Foundational Questions About Meaning. The Book Will Encourage Future Collaboration And Development Between Philosophy Of Language And Linguistics. Zoltán Gendler Szabó, Richmond H. Thomason. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 297-319) And Indexes. Introduction Part I. Philosophy of Semantics: 1. Frege and Tarski 2. Compositionality 3. Reference and quantification 4. Tense and modality 5. Intentionality Part II. Philosophy of Pragmatics: 6. Austin and Grice 7. Context and content 8. Common ground and conversational update 9. Implicature and figurative speech 10. Assertion and other speech acts Part III. Meaning as a Philosophical Problem: 11. Meaning and use 12. Externalism and internalism 13. Paradox and vagueness. Aimed at both students and professionals of linguistics who seek a deeper understanding of philosophy of language, as well as philosophers who wish to connect their debates with the practice of linguistics, this book will serve the ever increasing number of courses on philosophy of language for linguistics students.