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This text includes contributions from well-known philosophers of language and semanticists. It could be a useful collection for students in philosophy of language, semantics and epistemology. It discusses new research in semantics, theory of truth, philosophy of language and theory of communication from a trans-disciplinary perspective. An integrated theory of linguistic behaviour should provide a framework to make behavior intelligible. This work addresses issues such as sentence meaning, utterance meaning, speaker's intention and reference, linguistic context, circumstances and background theories. Readers will learn that interpretation is a result of a complex pattern.

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Author:   G. Preyer ,  G. Peter ,  M. Ulkan
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   2003 ed.
Volume:   92
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 29.70cm
Weight:   1.320kg
ISBN:  

9781402013294

ISBN 10:   1402013299
Pages:   278
Publication Date:   31 July 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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.

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