Language / José Medina.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Medina, José, 1968-

Series:

• Key concepts in philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Philosophy, Modern.
• Language and languages--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

viii, 216 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, [2005]

Summary:

Key Concepts in Philosophy is a series of concise, accessible and engaging introductions to the core ideas and subjects encountered in the study of philosophy. Specially written to meet the needs of students and those with an interest in, but little prior knowledge of, philosophy, these books open up fascinating, yet sometimes difficult ideas. The series builds to give a solid grounding in philosophy and each book is also ideal as a companion to further study.

Contents:

• 1 Communication and Speech Acts 1
• 1.1 The communicative functions of language 2
• 1.2 Communication and performance 12
• 1.3 Knotty performances: locutionary contents, illocutionary forces and perlocutionary effects 21
• 2 Meaning, Sense and Interpretation 39
• 2.1 Two traditions in Philosophy of Language 39
• 2.2 From Frege to Donnellan: reference, names and descriptions 47
• 2.3 Interpretation and translation: neo-empiricist and hermeneutic approaches to linguistic understanding 70
• 3 Indeterminacy and Language Learning: Communication as the Meeting of Minds 85
• 3.1 Meaning scepticism 86
• 3.2 Two philosophical models of language learning 95
• 3.3 Enculturation and shared intentionality 102
• 3.4 Conversation analysis 105
• 4 Linguistic Creativity and Relativism 111
• 4.1 Linguistic creativity and the sociology of language 111
• 4.2 Metaphor 121
• 4.3 Linguistic relativism 131
• 5 Speakers, Linguistic Communities and Histories of Use 139
• 5.1 Idiosyncrasies and conventions 139
• 5.2 Communities, deconstruction and histories of use 153
• 6 Language and Identity 168
• 6.1 Interpellation and censorship 168
• 6.2 Tongues untied 180.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-207) and index.

ISBN:

• 0826471668
• 0826471676

OCLC:

58831980