Meaning and Context: 2 (Lisbon Philosophical Studies – Uses of Languages in Interdisciplinary Fields) - Softcover

 
9783034305747: Meaning and Context: 2 (Lisbon Philosophical Studies – Uses of Languages in Interdisciplinary Fields)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 3034305745 ISBN 13: 9783034305747
Publisher: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2010

Synopsis

The contextual contributions to meaning are at the core of the debate about the semantics/pragmatics distinction, one of the liveliest topics in current philosophy of language and linguistics. The controversy between semantic minimalists and contextualists regarding context and semantic content is a conspicuous example of the debate’s relevance. This collection of essays, written by leading philosophers as well as talented young researchers, offers new approaches to the ongoing discussion about the status of lexical meaning and the role of context dependence in linguistic theorizing. It covers a broad range of issues in semantics and pragmatics such as presuppositions, reference, lexical meaning, discourse relations and information structure, negation, and metaphors. The book is an essential reading for philosophers, linguists, and graduate students of philosophy of language and linguistics.

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About the Author

Luca Baptista and Erich Rast are research fellows at the Institute of Philosophy of Language at the New University of Lisbon.

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Publisher
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3034305745
ISBN 13 
9783034305747
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
320
Editor
Baptista Luca, Rast Erich