{"product_id":"philosophy-of-language-a-contemporary-introduction-2nd-edition-0000415957524","title":"Philosophy of Language: A Contemporary Introduction, 2nd Edition","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhilosophy of Language: A Contemporary Introduction, 2nd Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e by Lycan, William G. paperback edition. ISBN: 0000415957524.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePhilosophy of Language: A Contemporary Introduction introduces the student to the main issues and theories in twentieth century philosophy of language, focusing specifically on linguistic phenomena.\n\nTopics are structured in four parts in the book. Part I, Reference and Referring Expressions, includes topics such as Russells Theory of Desciptions, Donnellans distinction, problems of anaphora, the description theory of proper names, Searles cluster theory, and the causal-historical theory. Part II, Theories of Meaning, surveys the competing theories of linguistic meaning and compares their various advantages and liabilities. Part III, Pragmatics and Speech Acts, introduces the basic concepts of linguistic pragmatics, includes a detailed discussion of the problem of indirect force and surveys approaches to metaphor. Part IV, new to this edition, examines the four theories of metaphor.\n\nFeatures of Philosophy of Language include:\nnew chapters on Frege and puzzles, inferentialism, illocutionary theories of meaning and relevance theory\n\nchapter overviews and summaries\n\nclear supportive examples\n\nstudy questions\n\nannotated further reading\n\nglossary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44985987530805,"sku":"ByrdShop_0415957524","price":32.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780415957526_d2e86d92-206f-41de-9790-6c9d4523192f.jpg?v=1778913437","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/philosophy-of-language-a-contemporary-introduction-2nd-edition-0000415957524","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}