The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Language

About this book

The Oxford Handbooks series is a major new initiative in academic publishing. Each volume offers an authoritative and up-to-date survey of original research in a particular subject area. Specially commissioned essays from leading figures in the discipline give critical examinations of the progress and direction of debates. Oxford Handbooks provide scholars and graduate students with compelling new perspectives upon a wide range of subjects in the humanities and social sciences. Ernie Lepore and Barry Smith present the definitive reference work for this diverse and fertile field of philosophy. A superb international team contribute more than forty brand-new essays covering topics from the nature of language to meaning truth and reference and the interfaces of philosophy of language with linguistics psychology logic epistemology and metaphysics. It will be an essential resource for anyone working in the central areas of philosophy for linguists interested in syntax semantics and pragmatics and for psychologists and cognitive scientists working on language.