Renewing Meaning: A Speech-ACT Theoretic Approach

by Stephen J. Barker

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Stephen Barker sets out and defends a radically new semantic theory, and shows how it solves notable problems in the philosophy of language. According to the theory, linguistic meaning should be understood in terms of speech acts, and the fundamental bearer of truth is not a proposition but an assertion. Barker sets this theory in a broader philosophical framework, including a simple, common-sense ontology and an account of pre-linguistic mental representation...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0199263663

ISBN13:9780199263660

Release Date:June 2004

Publisher:Clarendon Press

Length:338 Pages

Weight:1.44 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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Language Arts Philosophy

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