Philosophy of Language
"Direct Compositionality"
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"Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics" series; Although associated with the dominant view in formal semantics of the 1970s and 1980s, the feasibility of direct compositionality remained unsettled. This book examines the hypothesis of direct compositionality, which requires that semantic interpretation proceed in tandem with syntactic combination. With illustrations. Paperback, 448 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 671g.
Author: (Barker, Chris, ed.)
ISBN: 0199204381
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Philosophy of Language
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"Epistemology of Language"
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What must linguistic knowledge be like if it is to explain our capacity to use language? All linguists and philosophers of language presuppose some answer to this question, but all too often the presupposition is tacit. In this collection of 16 essays, philosophers and linguists address interconnected themes concerning our knowledge of language. With illustrations. Paperback, 552 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 790g.
Author: (Barber, Alex, ed.)
ISBN: 0199250588
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 2003 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Philosophy of Language
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"Events as Grammatical Objects"The Converging Perspectives of Lexical Semantics, Logical Semantics and Syntax
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"Csli Lecture Notes" series; This work offers an interdisciplinary approach to the role of event structure in grammar. With illustrations. Paperback, 400 pages. Size: 150 x 230 mm. Weight: 666g.
Author: (Tenny, Carol, ed.)
ISBN: 1575862069
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Date: 2000 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Philosophy of Language
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"The Five-Minute Linguist"Bite-Sized Essays on Language and Languages
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Consists of 60 short chapters adapted from the weekly scripts of a popular US public radio series on language. This work address popular questions like How many languages are there in the world? Is elementary school too early to teach foreign languages? and How good is machine translation? With illustrations. Paperback, 224 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author: (Rickerson, E.M., ed.)
ISBN: 184553199X
Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd,Sw11
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General Philosophy of Language
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"Formal Semantics"The Essential Readings
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"Linguistics: the Essential Readings" series; This is a collection of papers that have helped shaped the field of formal semantics in linguistics. It covers key central themes and includes an editorial introduction and extensive references. This should be a useful resource for students and scholars of semantics and the philosophy of language. With 4. Paperback, 496 pages. Size: 246 x 171 mm. Weight: 868g.
Author: (Portner, Paul, ed.)
ISBN: 0631215425
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
Date: 2002 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Philosophy of Language
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"Fuzzy Grammar"A Reader
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Acting as a collection of the best work by philosophers, cognitive scientists, and linguists on grammatical gradience and linguistic uncertainty; this work introduces, explains, contextualizes, and indexes issues, such as when warm becomes hot, how many grains make a heap, and when a puddle becomes a pond. With line drawings. Paperback, 536 pages. Size: 246 x 171 mm. Weight: 924g.
Author: (Aarts, Bas, ed.)
ISBN: 0199262578
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 2004 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Philosophy of Language
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"John Searle's Philosophy of Language"Force, Meaning and Mind
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Original essays on key aspects of Searle's philosophy of language, prefaced by John Searle himself. With 5 tables. Paperback, 312 pages. Size: 227 x 150 mm. Weight: 499g.
Author: (Tsohatzidis, Savas L., ed.)
ISBN: 0521685346
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Philosophy of Language
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"Key Thinkers in Linguistics and the Philosophy of Language"
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This is a unique and accessible reference guide to the work of figures who have played an important role in the development of ideas about language. It includes 80 entries on individual thinkers in the Western tradition, ranging from antiquity to the present day, chosen because of their impact on the description or theory of language. With illustrations. Paperback, 304 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 418g.
Author: (Chapman, Siobhan, ed.)
ISBN: 0748617582
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Date: 2005 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Philosophy of Language
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"Language Evolution"
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"Studies in the Evolution of Language" series; How humans acquired language and how languages evolved are two of the most intriguing questions in contemporary scientific research. The essays in this volume discuss the subject. With line drawings and photographs. Paperback, 416 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 654g.
Author: (Christiansen, Morten, ed.)
ISBN: 0199244847
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 2003 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Philosophy of Language
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"Logic, Thought and Language"
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"Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements" series; Original essays by leading philosophers on topics of logic, thought and language. With illustrations. Paperback, 354 pages. Size: 228 x 153 mm. Weight: 482g.
Author: (O'Hear, Anthony, ed.)
ISBN: 0521529662
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date: 2002 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Philosophy of Language
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"Lorenzo Valla"On the Donation of Constantine
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"I Tatti Renaissance Library" series; Bowersock, G.W. (trans.) Talks about Lorenzo Valla (1407-1457), one of the most important theorist of the humanist movement. He wrote a major work on Latin style, On Elegance in the Latin Language, which became a battle-standard in the struggle for the reform of Latin across Europe, and Dialectical Disputations, a wide-ranging attack on scholastic logic. Hardback, 240 pages. Size: 212 x 142 mm. Weight: 340g.
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ISBN: 0674025334
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date: 2007 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Philosophy of Language
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"Meaning"
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"Blackwell Readings in Philosophy" series; This text brings together some of the most significant contemporary philosophical work on linguistic representation and understanding, providing an introduction to core questions in the philosophy of language. Topics discussed include analyticity and translational indeterminacy. With 0. Paperback, 352 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 526g.
Author: (Richard, Mark, ed.)
ISBN: 0631222235
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
Date: 2003 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Philosophy of Language
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"The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Language"
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"Oxford Handbooks in Philosophy" series; Includes essays covering topics from the nature of language to meaning, truth, and reference, and the interfaces of philosophy of language with linguistics, psychology, logic, epistemology, and metaphysics. It is aimed at those working in philosophy, linguists, semantics, and pragmatics, and psychologists and cognitive scientists. With illustrations. Hardback, 105 pages. Size: 246 x 171 mm. Weight: 2008g.
Author: (Lepore, Ernest, ed.)
ISBN: 0199259410
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Philosophy of Language
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"The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Language"
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"Oxford Handbooks in Philosophy" series; The definitive reference work for this diverse and fertile field: an outstanding international team contribute 41 new essays covering topics from the nature of language to meaning, truth, and reference, and the interfaces of philosophy of language with linguistics, psychology, logic, epistemology, and metaphysics. Paperback, 1100 pages. Size: 246 x 171 mm. Weight: 1915g.
Author: (Lepore, Ernest, ed.)
ISBN: 0199552231
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Philosophy of Language
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"Philosophy of Language"
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5 rev ed. Paperback, 704 pages. Size: 234 x 164 mm. Weight: 894g.
Author: (Martinich, A.P., ed.)
ISBN: 0195188306
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 2007 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Philosophy of Language
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