Framing an Integrated Theory of Linguistic Behavior
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Gerhard Preyer, Georg Peter, Maria Ulkan.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Dordrecht
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer Netherlands
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2003
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
(xv, 278 pages)
SERIES
Series Title
Philosophical studies series, 92.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Introduction --;I: Speaker Meaning, Communication, And Intentions. 1. Communicative and Illocutionary Acts. 2. Language Acts and Action. 3. Reflections on the Intentionality of Linguistic Behavior. 4. Descriptions, Indexicals, and Speaker Meaning. 5. Informatives and/or Directives? (A New Start in Speech Act Classification). 6. Constructive Speech-Act Theory --;II: Truth, Semantic Content, And Externalism. 7. The Truth about Moods. 8. Semantic Theory and Indirect Speech. 9. All Facts Great and Small. 10. Knowledge, Content, and the Wellsprings of Objectivity. 11. Interpretation and Skill: On Passing Theory --;Contributors --;Index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
It discusses new research in semantics, theory of truth, philosophy of language and theory of communication from a trans-disciplinary perspective and addresses issues such as sentence meaning, utterance meaning, speaker's intention and reference, linguistic context, circumstances and background theories.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Genetic epistemology.
Linguistics -- Philosophy.
Linguistics.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
P95
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55
Book number
E358
2003
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
edited by Gerhard Preyer, Georg Peter, Maria Ulkan.