Renewing Meaning: A Speech-ACT Theoretic Approach (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780199263660)

Stephen Barker sets out and defends a radically new semantic theory, and shows how it solves notable problems in the philosophy of language. According to the theory, linguistic meaning should be understood in terms of speech acts, and the fundamental bearer of truth is not a proposition but an assertion. Barker sets this theory in a broader philosophical framework, including a simple, common-sense ontology and an account of pre-linguistic mental representation. This is an ambitious, rich, and original view of language and its world.

Author: Stephen J. Barker
ISBN-10: 0199263663
ISBN-13: 9780199263660
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Language: English
Published: 06/10/2004
Pages: 338
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.44lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.81d