If I transfer the verb bloom from the flower to the woman , all the accumulated living meaning of the verb comes to the ... He is commenting upon certain attempts of E. Lorck in Die Erlebte Rede to bring out this intuitive element in ...
And you simply can't know the meaning of Lea( without knowing that the process requires eater and food; and so the participant categories are simply EATER and EATEE. We don't need to ask that these categories be more clearly defined, ...
Experience suggests that many will be tempted to reply that while “ James Bond ' may not designate a flesh and blood man it does designate something : an idea , perhaps , or a concept ” . Now whatever the merits of this response - and ...
This book includes papers offering insight into the man behind the pioneering approach to linguistics that might be summed up as linguistics to the beat of a different drummer.
First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
These are among the central issues covered in this spirited and unusually clear introduction to the philosophy of language. Making no pretense of neutrality, Michael Devitt and Kim Sterelny take a definite theoretical stance.
Language and Reality: The Philosophy of Language and the Principles of Symbolism
Language is reality -- Language shapes reality -- Language creates reality -- Language propagates reality -- The greater conversation