Philosophy of language / edited by John Hawthorne.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hawthorne, John (John P.)

Series:

Philosophical perspectives ; 22.

Philosophical perspectives, 1520-8583 ; v. 22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Philosophy.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

vi, 574 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Wiley Periodicals, [2008]

Contents:

Sarcastic 'Like': a case study in the interface of syntax and semantics / Elisabeth Camp & John Hawthorne

The Creative interpreter: content relativism and assertion / Herman Cappelen

Betting on borderline cases / Richard Dietz

The Argument form binding / Paul Elbourne

The Impossibility of vagueness / Kit Fine

What is presupposition accommodation, again? / Kai von Fintel

Against accommodation: Heim, van der Sandt, and the presupposition projection problem / Christopher Gauker

Quantification and contributing objects to thoughts / Michael Glanzberg

A New framework for semantics / Paul Horwich

Can every modifier be treated as a sentence modifier? / Lloyd Humberstone

Epistemicism about vagueness and meta-linguistic safety / Stephen Kearns & Ofra Magidor

Quantification and perspective in relativistic semantics / Peter Lasersohn

Comprehending speech / Guy Longworth

Term limits revisited / Stephen Neale

Open quotation revisited / François Recanati

Presupposition projection and logical equivalence / Daniel Rothschild

Things in progress / Zoltán Gendler Szabó

Attitudes and relativism / Brian Weatherson

Truth and what is said / Elia Zardini.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781405196352

1405196351

9781405184564

1405184566

OCLC:

276930302

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