Renewing meaning : a speech-act theoretic approach / Stephen Barker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barker, Stephen, 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Semantics.

Speech acts (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

xi, 325 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Summary:

Stephen Barker sets out and defends a radically new semantic theory, and shows how it solves notable problems in the philosophy of language. According to the theory, linguistic meaning should be understood in terms of speech acts, and the fundamental bearer of truth is not a proposition but an assertion. Barker sets this theory in a broader philosophical framework, including a simple, common-sense ontology and an account of pre-linguistic mental representation. This is an ambitious, rich, and original view of language and its world.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0199263663

OCLC:

55101963