Philosophy of language

Providing commentary on the controversial revisionist school of Qur'anic studies, this book explores the origins, scholarship and development of the Qur'an.

There is much more to the Qur'an than the selective quotations favoured by Islamic fundamentalists.

There is much more to the Qur'an than the selective quotations favoured by Islamic fundamentalists.

By the time of his death in 2006, Sir Peter Strawson was regarded as one of the world's most distinguished philosophers.

By the time of his death in 2006, Sir Peter Strawson was regarded as one of the world's most distinguished philosophers.

Gilbert Ryle was one of the most important and yet misunderstood philosophers of the Twentieth Century.

Gilbert Ryle was one of the most important and yet misunderstood philosophers of the Twentieth Century.

A comprehensive examination of the advantages and disadvantages of philosophical jargon, examining  its origins in early modern philosophy.

A comprehensive examination of the advantages and disadvantages of philosophical jargon, examining  its origins in early modern philosophy.

Provides a unique angle, by linking insights from theoretical advances in generative syntax to phenomena from language variation and change.

This pioneering work provides a comprehensive analysis of general extenders, a new linguistic category.

This Element serves as a guide to Wittgenstein''s notion of forms of life and the debates that it generated.

This Element serves as a guide to Wittgenstein''s notion of forms of life and the debates that it generated.

Provides a unique angle, by linking insights from theoretical advances in generative syntax to phenomena from language variation and change.

A study of the ways in which representations in physics can express the same content, despite apparent mathematical differences.

This Element presents a concise and accessible view of the central arguments of Wittgenstein''s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus.

This Element presents a concise and accessible view of the central arguments of Wittgenstein''s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus.

Pioneers an innovative framework for theorizing about meaning in natural language and the role of context in interpretation.

Argues that German classical philology personified antiquity and imagined scholarship as an inter-personal relationship with it.

With input from a team of scholars, this book brings together linguistics and philosophy, empowering new conversations in the process.

With input from a team of scholars, this book brings together linguistics and philosophy, empowering new conversations in the process.

Explains the multimodal connections of text, image, space, body, sound and speech, in both old and new computer-mediated communication systems.

This book provides an accessible, comprehensive and critical overview of theories of linguistic reference and meaning in the 20th century.

A subtle yet wide-ranging study confirming the importance of rhetoric in physicians'' rise to medical dominance and prestige.

A study of the interactions between the semantics, epistemology and metaphysics of the future.

Through the eyes of northern Nigerian Qur''anic students, this book explores what it truly means to be young, poor, and Muslim.

A comprehensive guide to contemporary investigations into the relationship between language, philosophy, and linguistics.

A comprehensive overview of one of the most appliable linguistic theories available today: systemic-functional linguistics.

History and current affairs show that words matter - and change - because they are woven into our socio-political lives.

Provides a thematically integrated analysis and discussion of neuroethical questions about memory capacity, content, and interventions.

Provides a thematically integrated analysis and discussion of neuroethical questions about memory capacity, content, and interventions.

Provides a philosophical and historical critique of contemporary conceptions of physicalism, especially non-reductive, levels-based approaches to physicalist metaphysics.

The first philosophy of language textbook on the market to cater to both linguists and philosophers.

The first philosophy of language textbook on the market to cater to both linguists and philosophers.

Provides a philosophical and historical critique of contemporary conceptions of physicalism, especially non-reductive, levels-based approaches to physicalist metaphysics.

Proposes a new empirical model to analyse how humans can express social cognition at different levels of complexity.

This book provides an accessible, comprehensive and critical overview of theories of linguistic reference and meaning in the 20th century.

Proposes a new empirical model to analyse how humans can express social cognition at different levels of complexity.

A comprehensive guide to contemporary investigations into the relationship between language, philosophy, and linguistics.

Divides Aristotle''s concept of lexis into three interconnected levels, exposing numerous valuable statements on language and style.

Divides Aristotle''s concept of lexis into three interconnected levels, exposing numerous valuable statements on language and style.

Offers an accessible and thorough introduction to implicatures in pragmatics, and its interfaces with language and cognition.

History and current affairs show that words matter - and change - because they are woven into our socio-political lives.

A comprehensive overview of one of the most appliable linguistic theories available today: systemic-functional linguistics.

Presents the first collection of essays dedicated to Roman linguistic naturalism, a major but under-studied area of Roman linguistic thought.

Presents the first collection of essays dedicated to Roman linguistic naturalism, a major but under-studied area of Roman linguistic thought.

A study of the interactions between the semantics, epistemology and metaphysics of the future.

A critical survey of key issues in the analysis of propositional attitude reports, a central topic in natural language semantics.

A critical survey of key issues in the analysis of propositional attitude reports, a central topic in natural language semantics.

This book places binomials - word pairs - in the context of phonology, stylistics, semantics, translation theory and practice in various periods.