ENGLISH

Language

By José Medina

Book information

Publisher
Continuum
Year
2005
ISBN
0-8264-7166-8, 0-8264-7167-6, 9781441153524, 1441153527, 9780826471666
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12934316 bytes)
Series
Key concepts in philosophy
Pages
viii, 216 p.\225
Time added
2014-05-28 20:34:30

Description

Inquiry into the nature and purpose of language has long been a central concern of Western philosophy, within both the analytic, Anglo-American tradition, and its Continental counterpart. Language: Key Concepts in Philosophy explains and explores. Content: 1 Communication and Speech Acts; 2 Meaning, Sense and Interpretation; 3 Indeterminacy and Language Learning: Communication as the Meeting of Minds; 4 Linguistic Creativity and Relativism; 5 Speakers, Linguistic Communities and Histories of Use; 6 Language and Identity; Notes; References; Further Suggested Reading; Index. Abstract: Inquiry into the nature and purpose of language has long been a central concern of Western philosophy, within both the analytic, Anglo-American tradition, and its Continental counterpart. Language: Key Concepts in Philosophy explains and explores

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