Philosophy of language

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.

Offers the first comprehensive textbook covering the interrelations between topics in the philosophy of logic in an accessible, non-technical, and up-to-date way.

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.

Offers the first comprehensive textbook covering the interrelations between topics in the philosophy of logic in an accessible, non-technical, and up-to-date way.

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.

The first book-length comparative study of Wittgenstein''s and Davidson''s philosophies, exploring their similarities and demonstrating their continuing relevance to modern debates.

This book offers a new view of Italian Renaissance intellectual life, linking philosophy and literature as expressed in both Latin and Italian.

Sophisticated and engaging, this volume explores and compares musical irony in the works of major composers, from Mozart to Mahler.

Sophisticated and engaging, this volume explores and compares musical irony in the works of major composers, from Mozart to Mahler.

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

The first book-length comparative study of Wittgenstein''s and Davidson''s philosophies, exploring their similarities and demonstrating their continuing relevance to modern debates.

Where is language?

Argues for the central role of thoughts in the design of language.

The definitive guide to demonstratives, which play a key role in language acquisition and use.

Considers how medieval English and Scots texts were re-worked in later centuries, and the implications for philological theory and practice.

Considers how medieval English and Scots texts were re-worked in later centuries, and the implications for philological theory and practice.

A radically new view of the interplay between language, literature and mind.

Showcases recent research by leading scholars working within the relevance-theoretic pragmatics framework.

An in-depth and far-reaching account of the study of ''African languages'' and ''language in Africa'' as an autonomous academic discipline.

An in-depth and far-reaching account of the study of ''African languages'' and ''language in Africa'' as an autonomous academic discipline.

Explores the physical, psychological and social factors that shape the way in which people engage with embodied metaphor.

Explores how humor can be explained across the various sub-disciplines of linguistics, in order to aid communication.

Explores the physical, psychological and social factors that shape the way in which people engage with embodied metaphor.

Explores how humor can be explained across the various sub-disciplines of linguistics, in order to aid communication.

This book engages with the later arguments of this major philosopher to examine his significant impact on our understanding of language.

This book engages with the later arguments of this major philosopher to examine his significant impact on our understanding of language.

This book discusses how attention relates to the self, perception, knowledge, consciousness, action, and responsibility.

In An Inquiry Into Meaning and Truth, Bertrand Russell returns to philosophy after a long period of writing about education, religion and marriage.

This book examines the arguments and evidence for and against conceptual metaphors across academic disciplines.