Concepts of Meaning

Framing an Integrated Theory of Linguistic Behavior

G. Preyer, G. Peter, M. Ulkan (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

278 Seiten

2003
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4020-1329-4 (ISBN)

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This work discusses new research in semantics, theory of truth, philosophy of language and theory of communication from a trans-disciplinary perspective. This work addresses issues such as sentence meaning, utterance meaning, speaker's intention and reference, linguistic context, circumstances and background theories.

Concepts of Meaning includes contributions from well-known philosophers of language and semanticists. It is a useful collection for students in philosophy of language, semantics and epistemology. This work discusses new research in semantics, theory of truth, philosophy of language and theory of communication from a trans-disciplinary perspective.
An integrated theory of linguistic behavior should provide a framework to make behavior intelligible. This work addresses issues such as sentence meaning, utterance meaning, speaker's intention and reference, linguistic context, circumstances and background theories. Readers will learn that interpretation is a result of a complex pattern.

I Speaker Meaning, Communication, and Intentions.- 1 Communicative and Illocutionary Acts.- 2 Language Acts and Action.- 3 Reflections on the Intentionality of Linguistic Behavior.- 4 Descriptions, Indexicals, and Speaker Meaning.- 5 Informatives and/or Directives? (A New Start in Speech Act Classification).- 6 Constructive Speech-Act Theory.- II Truth, Semantic Content, and Externalism.- 7 The Truth about Moods.- 8 Semantic Theory and Indirect Speech.- 9 All Facts Great and Small.- 10 Knowledge, Content, and the Wellsprings of Objectivity.- 11 Interpretation and Skill: On Passing Theory.- Contributors.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.7.2003
Reihe/Serie	Philosophical Studies Series ; 92
Zusatzinfo	XVI, 278 p.
Verlagsort	New York, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	210 x 297 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-4020-1329-9 / 1402013299
ISBN-13	978-1-4020-1329-4 / 9781402013294
Zustand	Neuware