Words and thoughts: subsentences, ellipsis, and the philosophy of language
Auteur :
Stainton, Robert
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780199250394
Date de publication :
23 avr. 2009
Dimensions :
23,3 x 15,5 x 1,7 cm
Poids :
418 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
It is a near truism of philosophy of language that sentences are prior to words---that they are the only things that fundamentally have meaning. Robert's Stainton's study interrogates this idea, drawing on a wide body of evidence to argue that speakers can and do use mere words, not sentences, to communicate complex thoughts.