Herman Cappelen, Ernest Lepore

Language Turned on Itself

The Semantics and Pragmatics of Metalinguistic Discourse

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Produktbeschreibung

This is the first book devoted to the question of how language can be used to talk about language. Cappelen and Lepore examine the semantics, the pragmatics, and the syntax of linguistic devices that can be used in this way, and present a new account of our use of quotation in a variety of different contexts.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press (UK)
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 140mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9780199231195
• ISBN-10: 0199231192
• Artikelnr.: 23888559

Autorenporträt

Herman Cappelen is Arché Professor of Philosophy at the University of St Andrews. Ernie Lepore is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and Acknowledgements
1: Advertisement
2: Preliminaries: 'Quotation' and Varieties of Quotation
Part I: Data
3: Overview
4: Omitted Quotation Marks
5: 'Impure' Direct Quotes
6: Mixed Quotation
7: Quotation and Context Sensitivity
Part II: Theory
8: Use Theories of Quotation
9: Proper Names and Description Theories of Quotation
10: Davidson's Theory of Quotation
11: Minimal Theory of Quotation
12: On the Nature of Quotable Items
Bibliography