Ryan M. Nefdt

Philosophy of Theoretical Linguistics (eBook, ePUB)

A Contemporary Outlook

• Format: ePub

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009085304
• Artikelnr.: 70912094

Autorenporträt

Ryan M. Nefdt is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cape Town. He works in the broad area of cognitive science with a specialisation in the philosophy of linguistics. Notable publications include Language, Science, and Structure (OUP, 2023).

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures and tables
Acknowledgements
Preface
1. Introduction
2. What is a possible human language?
3. Syntactic metatheory
4. The science of semantics
5. Context and pragmatics
6. Signs, sounds, action!
7. Computational approaches to language
8. Language and evolution
9. Conclusion
References.