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Philosophy of language : a contemporary introduction / William G. Lycan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lycan, William G., author.
- Series:
- Routledge contemporary introductions to philosophy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Language and languages--Philosophy.
- Language and languages.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 238 pages).
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2019]
- System Details:
- text file
- Biography/History:
- William G. Lycan is William Rand Kenan, Jr. Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and currently Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Connecticut, Storrs. His eight books include Consciousness and Experience (1996), Real Conditionals (2001), and Philosophy of Language: A Contemporary Introduction (Third Edition, 2018).
- Contents:
- Reference and referring
- Definite descriptions
- Proper names: the description theory
- Proper names: direct reference and the causal-historical theory
- Theories of meaning
- Traditional theories of meaning
- Use theories
- Psychological theories: Grice's program
- Verificationism
- Truth-condition theories: Davidson's program
- Truth-condition theories: possible worlds and intensional semantics
- Pragmatics and speech acts
- Semantic pragmatics
- Speech acts and illocutionary force
- Implicative relations
- The expressive and the figurative
- Expressive language
- Metaphor.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 30, 2018).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Lycan, William G. Philosophy of language.
- ISBN:
- 9781315146119
- 1315146118
- 9781351265515
- 1351265512
- 9781351265522
- 1351265520
- 9781351265492
- 1351265490
- 9781351265508
- 1351265504
- 9781351380683
- 1351380680
- 9781351380706
- 1351380702
- 9781351380690
- 1351380699
- Publisher Number:
- 99989049372
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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