| The Grammar of Meaning: Normativity and Semantic Discourse Contributor(s): Lance, Mark Norris (Author), O'Leary-Hawthorne, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521070309 ISBN-13: 9780521070300 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $61.74 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2008 Annotation: This study addresses a range of central topics in Anglo-American philosophy of language. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - General - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Semantics |
| Dewey: 401.43 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Philosophy |
| Physical Information: 1.04" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.30 lbs) 468 pages |
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| Publisher Description: What is the function of concepts pertaining to meaning in sociolinguistic practice? In this study, the authors argue that we can approach a satisfactory answer by displacing the standard picture of meaning talk as a sort of description with picture that takes seriously the similarity between meaning talk and various types of normative injunction. In their discussion of this approach, they investigate the more general question of the nature of the normative, as well as a range of important topics specific to the philosophy of language, including the work of Quine, Sellars and Wittgenstein. |
