Concepts of Meaning

Framing an Integrated Theory of Linguistic Behavior
2003
ISBN: 978-1-4020-1329-4
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, Band 92, 278 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1320 g

Reihe: Philosophical Studies Series

Concepts of Meaning includes contributions from well-known philosophers of language and semanticists. It is a useful collection for students in philosophy of language, semantics and epistemology. This work discusses new research in semantics, theory of truth, philosophy of language and theory of communication from a perspective.
An integrated theory of linguistic behavior 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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Preyer, G.

Ulkan, M.

Peter, G.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sprachphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Sprachphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Semantik & Pragmatik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.