This unique textbook introduces linguists to key issues in the
philosophy of language. Accessible to students who have taken only
a single course in linguistics, yet sophisticated enough to be used
at the graduate level, the book provides an overview of the central
issues in philosophy of language, a key topic in educating the next
generation of researchers in semantics and pragmatics. Thoroughly
grounded in contemporary linguistic theory, the book focus on the
core foundational and philosophical issues in semantics and
pragmatics, richly illustrated with historical case studies to show
how linguistic questions are related to philosophical problems in
areas such as metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics. Students are
introduced in Part I to the issues at the core of semantics,
including compositionality, reference and intentionality. Part II
looks at pragmatics: context, conversational update, implicature
and speech acts; whilst Part III discusses foundational questions
about meaning. The book will encourage future collaboration and
development between philosophy of language and linguistics.
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