The Continuum companion to the philosophy of language
By: edited by Manuel García-Carpintero and Max Kölbel
Series: Continuum companions
Publisher: Continuum International Pub.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9780826444066
Subjects: Philosophy; Analysis (Philosophy); Language and languages
Other titles: Companion to the philosophy of language
Description: "The Continuum Companion to Philosophy of Language offers the definitive guide to contemporary philosophy of language. The book covers all the fundamental questions asked by the philosophy of language - areas that have continued to attract interest historically as well as topics that have emerged more recently as active areas of research. Ten specially commissioned essays from an international team of experts reveal where important work continues to be done in the area and, most valuably, the exciting new directions the field is taking. The Companion explores issues pertaining to the nature of language, form semantics, theories of meaning, reference, intensional contexts, context-dependence, pragmatics, the normativity of language, analyticity, a priority and modality. Featuring a series of indispensable research tools, including an A to Z of key terms and concepts, a detailed list of resources and a fully annotated bibliography, this is the essential reference tool for anyone working in the philosophy of language."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Contributors; title: Preface; title: 1. Editorial Introduction: History of the Philosophy of Language / Manuel García-Carpintero; title: 2. On the Nature of Language: A Basic Exposition / James Higginbotham; title: 3. Formal Semantics / Josh Dever; title: 4. Theories of Meaning and Truth Conditions / Kathrin Glüer; title: 5. Reference / Genoveva Martí; title: 6. Intensional Contexts / Michael Nelson; title: 7. Context Dependence / Kent Bach; title: 8. Pragmatics / François Recanati; title: 9. Semantic Normativity and Naturalism / José L. Zalabardo; title: 10. Analyticity, Apriority, Modality / Albert Casullo; title: 11. New Directions in the Philosophy of Language / Max Kölbel.