Words and Contents
Publisher: CSLI Publications/Center for the Study of Language & Information
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9781684000395
Subjects: Language and languages; Semantics; Meaning (philosophy); Vocabulary
Description: "The papers in Richard Vallée's Words and Contents span twenty-one years. The author navigates the discovery and exploration of different expressions and perspectives on language in this volume. Beginning with referring expressions and later addressing context sensitivity, the book examines how specific words contribute to the contents of utterances and the philosophical issues that surround them"--