Pragmatics and the Philosophy of Mind : Vol. I: Thought in Language.

This volume deals with the relation between pragmatics and the philosophy of mind. Unlike most of the books written on the subject, it does not defend the view that a specific form of dependence holds between language and thought, to the exclusion of all other possible relations. Taking pragmatics i...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dascal, Marcelo
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1983.
Subjects:
Language and languages > Philosophy.
Psycholinguistics.
Thought and thinking.
Pragmatics.
Langage et langues > Philosophie.
Psycholinguistique.
Pensée.
Pragmatique.
psycholinguistics.
thinking.
pragmatics.
Language and languages > Philosophy
Pragmatics
Psycholinguistics
Thought and thinking
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • PRAGMATICS AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF MIND I THOUGHT IN LANGUAGE; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Table of contents; PREFACE; 1. INTRODUCTION: LANGUAGE
  • MIRROR OF THE MIND; 1.1. Variationson a theme; 1.2. Functionalism; 1.3. Pragmatics; 1.4. Sociopragmatics, psychopragmatics, and the philosophy of mind; 1.5. Language-in-use: Mirror of the mind; PART I. THOUGHT IN LANGUAGE; 2. TRANSPARENCY; 2.1. The assumption o f transparency; 2.2. Speaking and listening; 2.3. Naturalness; 2.4. Pragmatic interpretation; 2.5. Expressibility and context; 2.6. The ascrip tion of content.
  • 2.7. The transparency of discourse2.8. Principles of transparency; 3. INDIRECTNESS; 3.1. Meaning something else; 3.2. Toward a heuristics of indirect interpretation; 3.3. Alternative meanings and alternative expressions; 3.4. Why do we use indirectness?; FOOTNOTES; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX.

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