Philosophy of language books

Asian multilingual speakers are continuously adapting and reshaping English to reflect their varying needs. This...  Read More >>

This is the first book to explore the role of quotation in modern Jewish thought. It shows how quotation is the...  Read More >>

This books delineates the seismic shifts of the twentieth century humanities by way of a close examination of the...  Read More >>

Bringing together research from both sociolinguistics and semantics, this pioneering book presents a new framework...  Read More >>

The volume provides a thorough look into Marina Sbisà’s distinctive, Austinian-inspired approach to speech acts....  Read More >>

There has been much philosophical interest in the role of luck in ethics and epistemology; now this volume brings...  Read More >>

With an ever-growing body of evidence on the links between different oppressions, never have the debates in Critical...  Read More >>

First published in 1925, A Theory of Direct Realism is divided in two parts: the first part is an attempt to formulate...  Read More >>

"""A book that shows us how to work through thorny moral questions by examining their parts in broad daylight, equipping...  Read More >>

This book collects seventeen essays published between 1984 and 2020, in which Marina Sbisà develops her distinctive...  Read More >>

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Through a series of reflections from internationally renowned performance-makers and contextualising essays from...  Read More >>

Pragmatic-Psychoanalytic Interpretations of Amos Oz's Writings: Words Significantly Uttered presents intermediate...  Read More >>

Exploring the potential of poetry and poetic language as a means of conveying perspectives on later life, this book...  Read More >>

What is a language? What do scientific grammars tell us about the structure of individual languages and human language...  Read More >>

Amie L. Thomasson, the Daniel P. Stone Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy at Dartmouth College, has...  Read More >>

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With his return to Cambridge and to philosophical writing at the end of January 1929, Wittgenstein develops the...  Read More >>

Explores the potential for a novel philosophy of history to be uncovered by tracing the connections between Giorgio...  Read More >>

Linguistics for Legal Interpretation is a language resource for scholars and practitioners of law who engage and...  Read More >>

This book gives a general theory of rational belief. Although it can be read by itself, is a sequel to the author's...  Read More >>

Afrikaans developed when slaves in the Cape adapted Dutch – the language of the rulers – for their own use. Many...  Read More >>

Essential reading for students and researchers in epistemology, metaphysics and philosophy of language. It will...  Read More >>

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This collection presents philosophical perspectives on the link between concepts and language, experience, knowledge-how,...  Read More >>