How to understand language : a philosophical inquiry
by
Weiss, Bernhard.
Title
:
How to understand language : a philosophical inquiry
Author
:
Weiss, Bernhard.
ISBN
:
9781844651979
9781844651962
Personal Author
:
Weiss, Bernhard.
Publication Information
:
Durham : Acumen, 2010.
Physical Description
:
xiii, 271 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
:
The puzzles of language -- The starting-point for analysis -- Analysing sentence-meaning -- Analysing synonomy -- Radical translation -- The structure of a theory of meaning -- Radical interpretation -- Linguistic norms, communication and radical interpretation -- Linguistic normativity -- Radical or robust? -- Language and community -- Rules and privacy : the problem -- Rules and privacy : the solution? -- Truth-conditions versus use-conditions.
Subject Term
:
Linguistics -- Philosophy.
Language and languages.
Sprachphilosophie
Linguistik
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168025418605 | 401 W429H 2010 | 1 |