The Semantics of Science
Author:   Roy Harris, Jr.
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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9780826484505


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   15 April 2005
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Roy Harris, Jr.
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.300kg
ISBN:  

9780826484505


ISBN 10:   0826484506
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   15 April 2005
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction 1. Language and the Aristotelian scientist 2. Before and after Aristotle 3. Semantics and the Royal Society 4. Science in the kitchen 5. The rhetoric of linguistic science 6. Mathematics and the language of science 7. Science and common sense 8. Supercategory semantics References Index

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'...RH offers the eye-opener of a more humble integrationist view, that has science as one form of communication among others...RH's arguments stand out all the more cogently through his choice of largely accessible language, which is supported by an impeccably proofread text.'--, Linguist List


'...RH offers the eye-opener of a more humble integrationist view, that has science as one form of communication among others...RH's arguments stand out all the more cogently through his choice of largely accessible language, which is supported by an impeccably proofread text. His new book combines intense scholarship with keen insight, often sarcastic, into thoroughly entertaining read.'--Madalena Cruz-Ferreira Linguist List, The


'...RH offers the eye-opener of a more humble integrationist view, that has science as one form of communication among others...RH's arguments stand out all the more cogently through his choice of largely accessible language, which is supported by an impeccably proofread text. His new book combines intense scholarship with keen insight, often sarcastic, into thoroughly entertaining read.' -- Madalena Cruz-Ferreira * Linguist List, The * RH's arguments stand out all the more cogently through his choice of largely accessible language, which is supported by an impeccably proofread text. His new Book combines intense scholarship with keen insight, often sarcastic, into a thoroughly entertaining read. * Linguist List, The *


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Roy Harris is Emeritus Professor of General Linguistics at the University of Oxford, UK.

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