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


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