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BL
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873842
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| Main Entry
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Cappelen, Herman
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| Title & Author
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Context and communication /\ Herman Cappelen and Josh Dever.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York, NY :: Oxford University Press,, 2016.
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| Series Statement
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Contemporary introductions to philosophy of language
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xi, 199 pages :: illustrations ;; 22 cm.
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| ISBN
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0198733062
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: 0198769911
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: 9780198733065
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: 9780198769910
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-196) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction -- Part I: Context sensitivity: variability vs. stability -- 1 Contextual variability -- 2 Stability across contexts -- 3 Some strategies for reconciling stability and variability -- Part II: Theories of context stability -- 4 What is a theory of meaning? -- 5 Character and content -- 6 Indexed truth accounts: an alternative to Kaplan -- 7 The problem of rigidity: double indexing and monsters -- 8 The problem of same-saying: two strategies -- Part III: Contexts: what they are and how we create them -- 9 What are contexts -- 10 More on contextual ingredients -- 11 How speech creates contexts: negotiations and accomodation -- Bibliography -- Index.
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| Abstract
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Context and Communication offers an introduction to a central theme in the study of language: the various ways in which what we say (or ask, or think) depends on the context of speech and thought. The period since 1970 has produced a vast literature on this topic, both by philosophers and by linguists. It is one of the areas of philosophy (and linguistics) where most progress has been made over the last few decades. This book explores some of the central data, questions, concepts, and theories of context sensitivity. It is written to be accessible to someone with no prior knowledge of the material or, indeed, any prior knowledge of philosophy, and is ideal for use as part of a philosophy of language course by students of philosophy or linguistics.
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Language and languages-- Philosophy.
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17.11 philosophy of language.
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Language and languages-- Philosophy.
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Languages.
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| Dewey Classification
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401
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| LC Classification
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P107.C384 2016
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| NLM classification
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17.11bcl
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| Added Entry
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Dever, Josh
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