The Cambridge Handbook of the Philosophy of Language

832 Pages·2022·3.548 MB·

by  Piotr Stalmaszczyk (ed.)

TheCambridgeHandbookofthePhilosophyofLanguage
Thephilosophyoflanguageiscentraltotheconcernsofthoseworkingacross
semantics,pragmatics,andcognition,aswellasthephilosophyofmindand
ideas.Bringingtogetheraninternationalteamofleadingscholars,thishand-
bookprovidesacomprehensiveguidetocontemporaryinvestigationsintothe
relationship between language, philosophy, and linguistics. Chapters are
grouped into thematic areas and cover a wide range of topics, from key
philosophicalnotions,suchasmeaning,truth,reference,names,andproposi-
tions, to characteristics of the most recent research in the field, including
logicalityoflanguage,vaguenessinnaturallanguage,valuejudgments,slurs,
deception, proximization in discourse, argumentation theory, and linguistic
relativity.Italsoincludeschaptersthatexploreselectedlinguistictheoriesand
their philosophical implications, providing a much-needed interdisciplinary
perspective.Showcasingthecuttingedgeinresearchinthefield,thisbookis
essentialreadingforphilosophersinterestedinlanguageandlinguistics,and
linguistsinterestedinphilosophicalanalyses.
PIOTRSTALMASZCZYKisProfessorandChairofEnglishLanguageandLinguistics
attheUniversityofLodz(Poland).Hisresearchisconcernedwithphilosophyof
language and linguistics. Recent publications include the edited volume
PhilosophicalInsightsintoPragmatics(DeGruyter2019),andtwoeditedvolumes
on predication theory (both with Peter Lang, 2017). In 2017 he was elected
presidentofthePolishLinguisticsAssociation.
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PiotrStalmaszczyk

The Cambridge
Handbook of the
Philosophy of Language
Editedby
PiotrStalmaszczyk
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Contents
ListofFigures pagex
ListofTables xi
ListofContributors xii
Preface xv
1 PhilosophyofLanguage:Definitions,Disciplines,and
Approaches PiotrStalmaszczyk 1
PartI ThePast,Present,andFutureofPhilosophyofLanguage 49
2 TheHistoryofthePhilosophyofLanguagebefore
Frege MichaelLosonsky 51
3 HowthePhilosophyofLanguageGrewOutofAnalytic
Philosophy DanielW.Harris 71
4 PhilosophyofLanguagefortheTwenty-First
Century ScottSoames 89
PartII SomeFoundationalIssues 105
5 PhilosophyofLanguage,Ontology,andLogic ChrisFox 107
6 Frege’sLegacyinthePhilosophyofLanguageandMind Eros
Corazza 124
7 MetasemanticsandMetapragmatics:PhilosophicalFoundations
ofMeaning KasiaM.Jaszczolt 139
8 InternalistPerspectivesonLanguage JohnCollins 157
9 SemanticContentandUtteranceContext:ASpectrumof
Approaches EmmaBorgandSarahA.Fisher 174
10 SemanticMinimalismandContextualisminLightofthe
LogicalityofLanguage GuillermoDelPinal 194
viii Contents
PartIII FromTruthtoVagueness 215
11 TruthandTheoriesofTruth PanuRaatikainen 217
12 ReferenceandTheoriesofReference GenovevaMart´ı 233
13 NamesinPhilosophy Andre´ Bazzoni 249
14 IndexicalsandContextualInvolvement KatarzynaKijania-
Placek 266
15 NaturalKindTerms LuisFerna´ndezMoreno 283
16 VaguenessinNaturalLanguage JoannaOdrowa˛z˙-Sypniewska 300
PartIV IssuesinSemanticsandPragmatics 317
17 Entailment,Presupposition,Implicature RobertaColonna
Dahlman 319
18 SpeechActs,Actions,andEvents BrianBall 335
19 Propositions,Predication,andAssertion PeterHanks 349
20 EventsinSemantics AlexanderWilliams 366
21 SemanticsandGenerativeGrammar JarosławJakielaszek 387
22 Metasemantics:ANormativePerspective(andtheCaseof
Mood) ManuelGarcı´a-Carpintero 401
23 TheNormativityofMeaningandContent AlexanderMiller 419
24 TheSemanticsandPragmaticsofValueJudgments Andre´s
SoriaRuiz,BiancaCepollaro,andIsidoraStojanovic 434
25 Slurs:SemanticandPragmaticTheories
ofMeaning LeopoldHess 450
PartV PhilosophicalImplicationsandLinguisticTheories 467
26 PhilosophicalImplicationsofGenerative
Grammar PeterLudlow 469
27 ConceptualSemanticsandItsImplicationsfor
PhilosophyofLanguage RayJackendoff 491
28 RelevanceTheoryandthePhilosophy
ofLanguage RobynCarston 515
29 MentalFiles Franc¸oisRecanati 535
30 ContemporaryDiscourseStudiesandPhilosophyof
Language PiotrCap 548
PartVI SomeExtensions 569
31 ThePhilosophyofArgument JeanH.M.Wagemans 571
32 NegationandDenial StephenMumford 590
33 Deception:LyingandBeyond MartaDynel 606
34 TypesandDefinitionsofIrony EleniKapogianni 622