Language, Philosophy of, Sociolinguistics, Language & Linguistics, Philosophy - General & Miscellaneous, Semantics
The Grammar of Meaning: Normativity and Semantic Discourse
Mark Norris Lance, John O'Leary-Hawthorne
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Overview
What is the function of concepts pertaining to meaning in socio-linguistic practice? In this study, the authors argue that we can approach a satisfactory answer by displacing the standard picture of meaning talk as a sort of description with a picture that takes seriously the similarity between meaning talk and various types of normative injunction. In their discussion of this approach, they investigate the more general question of the nature of the normative, as well as a range of important topics specific to the philosophy of language.Book Details
Published
July 1, 2008
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pages
468
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780521070300