{"product_id":"philosophy-of-language-a-contemporary-introduction-paperback","title":"Philosophy of Language: A Contemporary Introduction - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam G. Lycan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow in its\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ethird edition, \u003cem\u003e Philosophy of Language: A Contemporary Introduction \u003c\/em\u003eintroduces students to the main issues and theories in twenty-first-century philosophy of language, focusing specifically on linguistic phenomena. Author William G. Lycan structures the book into four general parts. Part I, Reference and Referring, includes topics such as Russell's Theory of Descriptions (and its objections), Donnellan's distinction, problems of anaphora, the Description Theory of proper names, Searle's Cluster Theory, and the Causal-Historical Theory. Part II, Theories of Meaning, surveys the competing theories of linguistic meaning and compares their various advantages and liabilities. Part III, Pragmatics and Speech Acts, introduces the basic concepts of linguistic pragmatics and includes a detailed discussion of the problem of indirect force. Part IV, The Expressive and the Figurative, examines various forms of expressive language and what \"metaphorical meaning\" is and how most listeners readily grasp it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeatures of \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy of Language \u003c\/i\u003einclude: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003echapter overviews and summaries;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eclear supportive examples;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003estudy questions;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eannotated lists of further reading;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003ea glossary.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eUpdates to the third edition include: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003ean entirely new chapter, \"Expressive Language\" (Chapter 14), covering verbal irony, sarcasm, and pejorative language (particularly slurs);\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe addition in several chapters of short sections on pretense theories, addressing (1) puzzles about reference, (2) irony, and (3) metaphor;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003ea much expanded discussion of Relevance Theory, particularly its notion of ad hoc concept construction or \"loosening and tightening,\" and the application of that to metaphor;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003enew discussion of Cappelen and Lepore's skepticism about content-dependence;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eup-to-date coverage of new literature, further reading lists, and the bibliography, as well as an improved glossary. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam G. Lycan\u003c\/strong\u003e is William Rand Kenan, Jr. Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and currently Distinguished Visiting Professor at the \u003cem\u003eUniversity of Connecticut, Storrs\u003c\/em\u003e. His eight books include \u003cem\u003eConsciousness and Experience \u003c\/em\u003e(1996), \u003cem\u003eReal Conditionals \u003c\/em\u003e(2001), and \u003cem\u003ePhilosophy of Language: A Contemporary Introduction \u003c\/em\u003e(Third Edition, 2018).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 238\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 12, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52695200727347,"sku":"9781138504585","price":100.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/bmNNUjlFZ2R2Q3VNUndBQWR6OStRZz09.webp?v=1763085507","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/philosophy-of-language-a-contemporary-introduction-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}