Philosophy of language

By upending traditional perspectives, this book gives a biologically-grounded understanding of how spoken language conveys meaning.

By upending traditional perspectives, this book gives a biologically-grounded understanding of how spoken language conveys meaning.

Language and Materiality argues the importance of analyzing language use with an eye toward new materialisms, semiotics, and ideology.

Language and Materiality argues the importance of analyzing language use with an eye toward new materialisms, semiotics, and ideology.

A state-of-the-art view of present-day linguistic typology, focussing on universal tendencies across the world''s languages and variation within individual categories.

A state-of-the-art view of present-day linguistic typology, focussing on universal tendencies across the world''s languages and variation within individual categories.

This second edition discusses advances in Chomsky''s science of language, his view of the human mind and its study, and his socioeconomic-political contributions.

This second edition discusses advances in Chomsky''s science of language, his view of the human mind and its study, and his socioeconomic-political contributions.

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This comprehensive Handbook presents an interdisciplinary overview of formal semantics, with contributions from leading scholars.

This comprehensive Handbook presents an interdisciplinary overview of formal semantics, with contributions from leading scholars.

This comparative study examines how scriptures - the Bible and the Qur''an - were interpreted in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam throughout history.

This comparative study examines how scriptures - the Bible and the Qur''an - were interpreted in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam throughout history.

This book offers a comprehensive defense of the knowledge argument, arguing that materialism cannot accommodate or explain consciousness.

This book offers a comprehensive defense of the knowledge argument, arguing that materialism cannot accommodate or explain consciousness.

This collection of new essays is a groundbreaking examination of divine hiddenness from the perspectives of different faiths.

This collection of new essays is a groundbreaking examination of divine hiddenness from the perspectives of different faiths.

This book revisits and updates the concept of linguistic ecology, outlining applications to a variety of contact situations worldwide.

This collection of new essays examines the brain-in-a-vat scenario and its implications, analyses and impact.

This collection of new essays examines the brain-in-a-vat scenario and its implications, analyses and impact.

The semantics for modal interpretation yields two types of belief ascriptions, elucidating various semantic phenomena and fluent aphasia.

The semantics for modal interpretation yields two types of belief ascriptions, elucidating various semantic phenomena and fluent aphasia.

Gathers decades of research on figurative language cognition to answer the question, ''Why don''t people just say what they mean?

Gathers decades of research on figurative language cognition to answer the question, ''Why don''t people just say what they mean?

A radically revised and updated account of Noam Chomsky''s thought and its revolutionary impact on linguistics, psychology, philosophy and politics.

A radically revised and updated account of Noam Chomsky''s thought and its revolutionary impact on linguistics, psychology, philosophy and politics.

This book shows that the conflicts that arise from everyday ways of thinking are not dilemmas as they appear to be.

This first comprehensive study of linguistic templatic constructions in morphology and syntax employs cutting-edge computational methods to study templates typologically.

This book shows that the conflicts that arise from everyday ways of thinking are not dilemmas as they appear to be.

This first comprehensive study of linguistic templatic constructions in morphology and syntax employs cutting-edge computational methods to study templates typologically.

This collection of new essays explores the implications of semantic externalism for self-knowledge and skepticism.

This book provides a critical, up-to-date and original overview of the contemporary metaphysical debate on the problem of universals.

This book provides a critical, up-to-date and original overview of the contemporary metaphysical debate on the problem of universals.

A multidisciplinary, integrative volume featuring comprehensive coverage of the exciting and burgeoning area of color psychology.

This collection of new essays explores the implications of semantic externalism for self-knowledge and skepticism.

A multidisciplinary, integrative volume featuring comprehensive coverage of the exciting and burgeoning area of color psychology.

This book provides a new philosophical fictionalism to solve traditional paradoxes and puzzles in the philosophy of language and metaphysics.

This book provides a new philosophical fictionalism to solve traditional paradoxes and puzzles in the philosophy of language and metaphysics.

This book explores the development of interpretations of Qur''ānic verses on gender roles in testimony, human creation and marriage.

This book explores the development of interpretations of Qur''ānic verses on gender roles in testimony, human creation and marriage.

Proposes a novel theory of parts of speech, bringing together the latest research and discoveries.

Proposes a novel theory of parts of speech, bringing together the latest research and discoveries.

An evaluation of Chomsky''s work from the perspectives of linguistics, evolution of language, history of physics, and philosophy of mind.

An evaluation of Chomsky''s work from the perspectives of linguistics, evolution of language, history of physics, and philosophy of mind.

In this book, Robert Sokolowski argues that being a person means to be involved with truth.

Philosophical Papers will interest a very wide range of philosophers and students of the human sciences.