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Concepts of Meaning

Framing an Integrated Theory of Linguistic Behavior

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Editors:
  1. Gerhard Preyer

    1. FB: Gesellschafts- wissenschaften, Projekt: Protosociology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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  2. Georg Peter

    1. Projekt: Protosociology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Haiger, Germany

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  3. Maria Ulkan

    1. Regensburg, Germany

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Part of the book series: Philosophical Studies Series (PSSP, volume 92)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Speaker Meaning, Communication, and Intentions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Communicative and Illocutionary Acts

      • Maria Ulkan
      Pages 3-20

    3. Language Acts and Action

      • Louise Röska-Hardy
      Pages 21-37

    4. Reflections on the Intentionality of Linguistic Behavior

      • Jan Nuyts
      Pages 39-59

    5. Descriptions, Indexicals, and Speaker Meaning

      • Reinaldo Elugardo
      Pages 61-97

    6. Informatives and/or Directives? (A New Start in Speech Act Classification)

      • Georg Meggle, Maria Ulkan
      Pages 99-111

    7. Constructive Speech-Act Theory

      • Dirk Hartmann
      Pages 113-130

  3. Truth, Semantic Content, and Externalism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131
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    2. The Truth about Moods

      • Kirk Ludwig
      Pages 133-181

    3. Semantic Theory and Indirect Speech

      • Herman Cappelen, Ernie Lepore
      Pages 183-198

    4. All Facts Great and Small

      • Richard N. Manning
      Pages 199-221

    5. Knowledge, Content, and the Wellsprings of Objectivity

      • Ron Wilburn
      Pages 223-249

    6. Interpretation and Skill: On Passing Theory

      • David Simpson
      Pages 251-266

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 267-278
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About this book

Concepts of Meaning includes contributions from well-known philosophers of language and semanticists. It is a useful collection for students in philosophy of language, semantics and epistemology. This work discusses new research in semantics, theory of truth, philosophy of language and theory of communication from a trans-disciplinary perspective.
An integrated theory of linguistic behavior should provide a framework to make behavior intelligible. This work addresses issues such as sentence meaning, utterance meaning, speaker's intention and reference, linguistic context, circumstances and background theories. Readers will learn that interpretation is a result of a complex pattern.

Editors and Affiliations

  • FB: Gesellschafts- wissenschaften, Projekt: Protosociology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Gerhard Preyer

  • Projekt: Protosociology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Haiger, Germany

    Georg Peter

  • Regensburg, Germany

    Maria Ulkan

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Concepts of Meaning

  • Book Subtitle: Framing an Integrated Theory of Linguistic Behavior

  • Editors: Gerhard Preyer, Georg Peter, Maria Ulkan

  • Series Title: Philosophical Studies Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0197-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2003

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-1329-4Published: 31 July 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-6300-7Published: 28 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-0197-6Published: 14 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0921-8599

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8349

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 278

  • Topics: Semantics, Philosophy of Language, Social Sciences, general, Epistemology

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