Linguistics Meets Philosophy
- Editor: Daniel Altshuler, University of Oxford
- Date Published: October 2022
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- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781108487290
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Linguistics and philosophy, while being two closely-related fields, are often approached with very different methodologies and frameworks. Bringing together a team of interdisciplinary scholars, this pioneering book provides examples of how conversations between the two disciplines can lead to exciting developments in both fields, from both a historical and a current perspective. It identifies a number of key phenomena at the cutting edge of research within both fields, such as reporting and ascribing, describing and referring, narrating and structuring, locating in time and space, typologizing and ontologizing, determining and questioning, arguing and rejecting, and implying and (pre-)supposing. Each chapter takes on a phenomena and explores it through a set of questions which are posed and answered at the outset of each chapter. An accessible and engaging resource, it is essential reading for researchers and students in both disciplines, and will empower exciting and illuminating conversations for years to come.
Read more- Provides examples of interdisciplinary conversation in action, both from a historical and a current perspective
- Provides opinionated overviews of core topics in formal semantics and pragmatics through Q&A and prose
- Show how linguistics can enrich the field of philosophy, and vice versa
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'This collection offers a comprehensive and authoritative survey of where semantics and pragmatics stand after a half century of transformative collaboration between philosophers and linguists. Leading researchers make a powerful case for continued partnership, highlighting questions where progress requires integrating the two perspectives. The volume is an indispensable resource for linguists and philosophers who aspire to deepen our understanding of meaning and communication.' Zoltán Gendler Szabó, John S. Saden Professor of Philosophy, Yale University
See more reviews'An excellent addition to the thriving new genre of handbooks and survey articles - distinguishing itself by its emphasis on combining insights from philosophy and linguistics on issues of interest to all scholars of natural language meaning. Ambitious in conception, Altshuler has shepherded the enterprise to an impressive final product. Contributors include researchers from both fields, topics include some classic and some emerging areas of investigation. The combination makes for a compelling volume.' Veneeta Dayal, Professor of Linguistics, Yale University
'Solicited with editorial insight and expertise, the chapters revisit foundational commitments, set classical questions in a new light, and raise new big questions, sometimes sparked by cross-linguistic work. Written in a careful and accessible way, this book is bound to inspire a new dialog between linguists and philosophers.' Anna Szabolcsi, New York University
'Since the interdisciplinary project of formal semantics gave rise to a discipline within linguistics, the interactions between philosophers and linguists have significantly decreased. Yet, as this wonderful collection shows, new kinds of conversation have emerged, around specific topics of interest to both philosophy and linguistics.' François Recanati, Collège de France
'A splendid collection, shining a light on some of the most pressing issues in contemporary semantic theory. Taken as a whole, these studies make a compelling case for the importance of interaction between linguists and philosophers to the historical development of semantics as a field - and for why we should keep talking to each other in the future.' Hazel Pearson, Senior Lecturer in Linguistics
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- Date Published: October 2022
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781108487290
- length: 340 pages
- dimensions: 235 x 158 x 37 mm
- weight: 1.03kg
- availability: Not yet published - available from October 2024
Table of Contents
Linguistics meets philosophy: a historial preface Barbara H. Partee
Introduction Daniel Altshuler
Part I. Reporting and Ascribing:
1. Attitude ascriptions and speech reports Angelika Kratzer
2. Acquaintance relations Yael Sharvit and Matt Moss
Part II. Describing and Referring:
3. Referential and attributive descriptions Hans Kamp
4. On definite descriptions can familiarity and uniqueness be distinguished? Elizabeth Coppock
Part III. Narrating and Structuring:
5. On the role of relations and structure in discourse interpretation Julie Hunter and Kate Thompson
6. Narrative and point of view Pranav Anand and Maziar Toosarvandani
Part IV. Locating and Inferring:
7. Present tense Corien Bary
8. Evidentiality: Unifying nominal and propositional domains Diti Bhadra
Part V. Typologizing and ontologizing:
9. A typology of semantic entities Jessica Rett
10. Non-finite verbal forms and natural language ontology Gillian Ramchand
Part VI. Determining and questioning:
11. Vagueness & Discourse dynamics Sam Carter
12. Alternatives Matthijs Westera
Part VII. Arguing and rejecting:
13. The Semantics and Pragmatics of argumentation Carlotta Pavese
14. Assertion and rejection Julian J. Schlöder
Part VIII. Implying and (pre)supposing:
15. Implicatures Emma Borg
16. Presuppositions Márta Abrusán
17. Modals and conditionals Matthew Mandelkern.
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