The Cambridge Handbook of the Philosophy of Language (Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics)

"The philosophy of language is central to the concerns of those working across semantics, pragmatics and cognition, as well as the philosophy of mind and ideas. Bringing together an international team of leading scholars, this handbook provides a comprehensive guide to contemporary investigations into the relationship between language, philosophy, and linguistics. Chapters are grouped into thematic areas and cover a wide range of topics, from key philosophical notions, such as meaning, truth, reference, names and propositions, to characteristics of the most recent research in the field, including logicality of language, vagueness in natural language, value judgments, slurs, deception, proximization in discourse, argumentation theory and linguistic relativity. It also includes chapters that explore selected linguistic theories and their philosophical implications, providing a much-needed interdisciplinary perspective. Showcasing the cutting-edge in research in the field, this book is essential reading for philosophers interested in language and linguistics, and linguists interested in philosophical analyses"-- Provided by publisher 00.0 1 01.0_pp_i_i_The_Cambridge_Handbook_of_the_Philosophy_of_Language 2 02.0_pp_ii_iv_Cambridge_Handbooks_in_Language_and_Linguistics 8 03.0_pp_v_v_The_Cambridge_Handbook_of_the_Philosophy_of_Language 14 04.0_pp_vi_vi_Copyright_page 20 05.0_pp_vii_ix_Contents 26 06.0_pp_x_x_Figures 29 07.0_pp_xi_xi_Tables 30 08.0_pp_xii_xiv_Contributors 31 09.0_pp_xv_xvi_Preface 34 10.0_pp_1_48_Philosophy_of_Language_Definitions_Disciplines_and_Approaches 36 11.0_pp_49_104_The_Past_Present_and_Future_of_Philosophy_of_Language 84 11.1_pp_51_70_The_History_of_the_Philosophy_of_Language_before_Frege 86 11.2_pp_71_88_How_the_Philosophy_of_Language_Grew_Out_of_Analytic_Philosophy 106 11.3_pp_89_104_Philosophy_of_Language_for_the_Twenty-First_Century 124 12.0_pp_105_214_Some_Foundational_Issues 140 12.1_pp_107_123_Philosophy_of_Language_Ontology_and_Logic 142 12.2_pp_124_138_Freges_Legacy_in_the_Philosophy_of_Language_and_Mind 159 12.3_pp_139_156_Metasemantics_and_Metapragmatics_Philosophical_Foundations_of_Meaning 174 12.4_pp_157_173_Internalist_Perspectives_on_Language 192 12.5_pp_174_193_Semantic_Content_and_Utterance_Context_A_Spectrum_of_Approaches 209 12.6_pp_194_214_Semantic_Minimalism_and_Contextualism_in_Light_of_the_Logicality_of_Language 229 13.0_pp_215_316_From_Truth_to_Vagueness 250 13.1_pp_217_232_Truth_and_Theories_of_Truth 252 13.2_pp_233_248_Reference_and_Theories_of_Reference 268 13.3_pp_249_265_Names_in_Philosophy 284 13.4_pp_266_282_Indexicals_and_Contextual_Involvement 301 13.5_pp_283_299_Natural_Kind_Terms 318 13.6_pp_300_316_Vagueness_in_Natural_Language 335 14.0_pp_317_466_Issues_in_Semantics_and_Pragmatics 352 14.1_pp_319_334_Entailment_Presupposition_Implicature 354 14.2_pp_335_348_Speech_Acts_Actions_and_Events 370 14.3_pp_349_365_Propositions_Predication_and_Assertion 384 14.4_pp_366_386_Events_in_Semantics 401 14.5_pp_387_400_Semantics_and_Generative_Grammar 422 14.6_pp_401_418_Metasemantics_A_Normative_Perspective_and_the_Case_of_Mood 436 14.7_pp_419_433_The_Normativity_of_Meaning_and_Content 454 14.8_pp_434_449_The_Semantics_and_Pragmatics_of_Value_Judgments 469 14.9_pp_450_466_Slurs_Semantic_and_Pragmatic_Theories_of_Meaning 485 15.0_pp_467_568_Philosophical_Implications_and_Linguistic_Theories 502 15.1_pp_469_490_Philosophical_Implications_of_Generative_Grammar 504 15.2_pp_491_514_Conceptual_Semantics_and_Its_Implications_for_Philosophy_of_Language 526 15.3_pp_515_534_Relevance_Theory_and_the_Philosophy_of_Language 550 15.4_pp_535_547_Mental_Files 570 15.5_pp_548_568_Contemporary_Discourse_Studies_and_Philosophy_of_Language 583 16.0_pp_569_691_Some_Extensions 604 16.1_pp_571_589_The_Philosophy_of_Argument 606 16.2_pp_590_605_Negation_and_Denial 625 16.3_pp_606_621_Deception_Lying_and_Beyond 641 16.4_pp_622_638_Types_and_Definitions_of_Irony 657 16.5_pp_639_658_Philosophy_of_Language_and_Metaphor 674 16.6_pp_659_674_Analytic_Philosophy_of_Literature 694 16.7_pp_675_691_The_Many_Facets_of_Linguistic_Relativity 710 17.0_pp_692_809_References 727 18.0_pp_810_814_Index 845 Bringing together a team of world-renowned scholars, this handbook is a comprehensive guide to contemporary research into the relationship between language, philosophy, and linguistics. It is essential reading for philosophers interested in language and linguistics, and linguists interested in philosophical analyses.