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According to the received view of linguistic communication, the primary function of language is to enable speakers to reveal the propositional contents of their thoughts to hearers. Speakers are able to do this because they share with their hearers an understanding of the meanings of words. Christop...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gauker, Christopher
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2003.
Series:Contemporary philosophical monographs ; 3.
Subjects:
Semantics.
Language and languages > Philosophy.
Semantics (Philosophy)
Pragmatics.
Semantics
Sémantique.
Langage et langues > Philosophie.
Sémantique (Philosophie)
Pragmatique.
semantics.
pragmatics.
17.56 semantics: general.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Semantics.
Language and languages > Philosophy
Pragmatics
Pragmatik
Präsupposition
Propositionale Einstellung
Sprachphilosophie
Semantik
Semantiek.
Semântica.
Pragmática.
Filosofia da linguagem.
PHILOSOPHY/General
LINGUISTICS & LANGUAGE/General
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Issue
  • 1. Received View
  • 2. Mental Representation
  • 3. Elements of an Alternative
  • Pragmatics
  • 4. Domain of Discourse
  • 5. Presupposition
  • 6. Implicature
  • Semantics
  • 7. Quantification
  • 8. Conditionals
  • 9. Truth
  • Beliefs
  • 10. Communicative Conception
  • 11. Explanation and Prediction
  • 12. Semantics and Ontology.

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