Language Turned on Itself

The Semantics and Pragmatics of Metalinguistic Discourse

Автор: Herman Cappelen, Ernest LePore

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Издател: Oxford University Press

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Language Turned on Itself examines what happens when language becomes self-reflexive; when language...

Информация за книгата

Автор

Herman Cappelen, Ernest LePore

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С твърди корици

Издадена

2007

страници

182

EAN

9780199231195

ISBN

0199231192

Enbook ID

04866694

Издател

Oxford University Press

Теглоt

351

Размери

144 x 223 x 16

Пълно описание

Language Turned on Itself examines what happens when language becomes self-reflexive; when language is used to talk about language. Those who think, talk, and write about language are habitual users of various metalinguistic devices, but reliance on these devices begins early: kids are told, 'That's called a "rabbit"'. It's not implausible that a primitive capacity for the meta-linguistic kicks in at the beginning stages of language acquisition. But no matter when or how frequently these devices are invoked, one thing is clear: they present theorists of language with a complex data pattern. Herman Cappelen and Ernest Lepore show that the study of these devices and patterns not only represents an interesting and neglected project in the philosophy of language, but also carries important consequences for other parts of philosophy. Part I is devoted to presenting data about various aspects of our metalinguistic practices. In Part II, the authors examine and reject the four leading metalinguistic theories, and offer a new account of our use of quotation in a variety of different contexts. But the primary goal of this book is not to promote one theory over another. Rather, it is to present a deeply puzzling set of problems and explain their significance

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