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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Philippe SchlenkerPublisher: MIT Press Ltd Imprint: MIT Press Weight: 0.567kg ISBN: 9780262047432ISBN 10: 0262047438 Pages: 520 Publication Date: 22 November 2022 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction xi Prologue: Primate Meanings xxiii 1 Meaning in the Wild 1 Part I: The Building Blocks of Meaning 37 2 Visible Logic: Sign Language and Pronouns 39 3 Me, Me, Me! Perspectives in Language 69 4 Nouns and Verbs: Objects and Events 91 5 Beyond the Here and Now I: From Objects to Situations 111 6 Beyond the Here and Now II: Describing and Classifying Objects and Situations 127 Part II: Using Meaning 145 7 Logic Machine I: Predicate Logic 147 8 Logic Machine II: English as a Formal Language 157 9 Logic Machine III: The Expressive Power of Human Language 173 10 Not Quite Saying It: Focus and Implicatures 197 11 Not At Issue: Presuppositions, Supplements, and Expressives 225 Part III: Extending Meaning 245 12 Iconicity Revisited: Sign with Iconicity Versus Speech with Gestures 247 13 Grammar in Gestures 265 14 Meaning in Gestures 287 15 Meaning in Music 303 Epilogue: The Limits of Truth 339 16 The Limits of Truth I: The Riddle of Paradoxes 341 17 The Limits of Truth II: Solving the Riddle of Paradoxes 355 Conclusion 383 Appendix: Phonology, Morphology, and Syntax in Speech and in Sign 389 Glossary 405 Going Further 415 Notes 429 Illustration Sources 451 Index 455Reviews"""It’s one of the best popular science books on linguistics I’ve ever read: a page-turner brimming with fascinating pieces of information, including Schlenker’s own theories."" –Marc van Oostendorp, Professor of Dutch and Academic Communication, Radboud University of Nijmegen" """It’s one of the best popular science books on linguistics I’ve ever read: a page-turner brimming with fascinating pieces of information, including Schlenker’s own theories."" –CNRS" Author InformationPhilippe Schlenker is Senior Research Fellow at Centre national de la recherche scientifique (Institut Jean-Nicod, Paris) and Global Distinguished Professor at New York University. His work spans all aspects of meaning, from philosophical logic to formal semantics, in both spoken and signed languages. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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