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1、PhilosophyofLanguagePhilosophyofLanguage:aContemporaryIntroductionintroducesthestudenttothemainissuesandtheoriesintwentiethandtwenty-first-centuryphi-losophyoflanguage,focusingspecificallyonlinguisticphenomena.Topicsarestructuredinfourpartsinthebook.PartI,ReferenceandRe
2、ferring,includestopicssuchasRussell’sTheoryofDescriptions,Donnellan’sdistinction,problemsofanaphora,thedescriptiontheoryofpropernames,Searle’sclustertheory,andthecausal–historicaltheory.PartII,TheoriesofMeaning,surveysthecompetingtheoriesoflinguisticmean-ingandcomparest
3、heirvariousadvantagesandliabilities.PartIII,PragmaticsandSpeechActs,introducesthebasicconceptsoflinguisticpragmatics,includesadetaileddiscussionoftheproblemofindirectforceandsurveysapproachestometaphor.PartIV,newtothisedition,examinesthefourtheoriesofmetaphor.Featuresof
4、PhilosophyofLanguageinclude:•newchaptersonFregeandpuzzles,inferentialism,illocutionarytheoriesofmeaning,andrelevancetheory•chapteroverviewsandsummaries•clearsupportiveexamples•studyquestions•annotatedfurtherreading•glossaryPraisefortheFirstEdition:“Thisexceptionaltextfu
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6、okforteaching.Theexamplesthroughoutaredelightfulandstudentswilllovethem.”EdwinMares,VictoriaUniversityofWellingtonWilliamG.LycanisWilliamRandKenanProfessorofPhilosophyattheUniversityofNorthCarolina.Heistheauthorofover150articlesaswellassevenbooks.RoutledgeContemporaryIn
7、troductionstoPhilosophySeriesEditor:PaulK.MoserLoyolaUniversityofChicagoThisinnovative,well-structuredseriesisforstudentswhohavealreadydoneanintroductorycourseinphilosophy.Eachbookintroducesacoregeneralsubjectincontemporaryphilosophyandoffersstudentsanaccessiblebutsubst
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