Philosophy of language books

This book identifies ten linguistic traps in our everyday language usage and provides philosophical justification...  Read More >>

It is commonly assumed that we conceive of the past and the future as symmetrical. In this book, Fabrizio Cariani...  Read More >>

This Element provides an overview of Wittgenstein's use of the terms 'criteria' in the Philosophical Investigations,...  Read More >>

Edward Sapir (1884–1939) is considered one of the most influential figures in the development of modern linguistics,...  Read More >>

First ever critical study of Tolkien’s little-known essay, which reveals how language invention shaped the creation...  Read More >>

"In this incisive blend of personal narrative and philosophical inquiry, journalist and activist Barrett Holmes...  Read More >>

La methode semiotique de Greimas est une discipline. Elle permet de trouver l'ordre sous-jacent a ce qui semble...  Read More >>

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Comprising 31 chapters by a superb international team of contributors, the Handbook will be of great interest to...  Read More >>

Semantics or theory of meaning and truth forms one of the major discussions of analytical philosophy. The questions...  Read More >>

A Certain Gesture is a series of commentaries on Batman slapping Robin memes. A genre-defying book that mixes discussions...  Read More >>

Pragmatics – the study of language in context – is a key topic within English language and linguistics. This book...  Read More >>

Tracing the deep connections between philosophy and education, Ryan McInerney argues that we must use philosophy...  Read More >>

In No Professor's Lectures Can Save Us, John J. Stuhr utilizes the thought of American philosopher and psychologist...  Read More >>

Algebraic Structures in Natural Language by bringing together...  Read More >>

A pervasive aspect of human communication and sociality is argumentation: making and criticizing reasons in the...  Read More >>

Peirceana provides a forum for the best current work on Peirce worldwide. Besides monographs, the series publishes...  Read More >>

This book explores what new light philosophical approaches shed on a deeper understanding of (im)politeness. There...  Read More >>

This edited volume on contextualism and pragmatics is interdisciplinary in character and contains contributions...  Read More >>

Using data from a variety of languages, this book explores a range of grammatical categories and constructions,...  Read More >>

The Readability of the World represents Hans Blumenberg's first extended demonstration of the metaphorological method...  Read More >>

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"John L. Austin was a British philosopher of language and leading proponent of ordinary language philosophy, perhaps...  Read More >>

This book argues that traditions in philosophy of language have mistakenly focused on highly idealized linguistic...  Read More >>

This book demonstrates how a radical version of physicalism (‘No-Self Physicalism’) can offer an internally coherent...  Read More >>