The Continuum Companion to the Philosophy of Language

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The Continuum Companion to Philosophy of Language offers the definitive guide to contemporary philosophy of language. The book covers all the fundamental questions asked by the philosophy of language - areas that have continued to attract interest historically as well as topics that have emerged more recently as active areas of research. Ten specially commissioned essays from an international team of experts reveal where important work continues to be done in the area and, most valuably, the exciting new directions the field is taking. The Companion explores issues pertaining to the nature of language, form semantics, theories of meaning, reference, intensional contexts, context-dependence, pragmatics, the normativity of language, analyticity, a priority and modality. Featuring a series of indispensable research tools, including an A to Z of key terms and concepts, a detailed list of resources and a fully annotated bibliography, this is the essential reference tool for anyone working in the philosophy of language.

Manuel Garcia-Carpintero is Professor at the University of Barcelona, Spain. Max Koelbel is ICREA Research Professor at the University of Barcelona, Spain.

Manuel Garcia-Carpintero and Max Koelbel have succeeded in compiling a set of eleven wonderfully clear and highly accessible overview articles on philosophy of language...The contributions are generally written by leading experts...In addition, the book has a very useful index of key terms in philosophy of language and a short list of suggested further readings for each chapter...this is a terrific collection with a couple of real gems, for example Josh Dever's wonderful introduction to formal semantics. The articles are generally informative, concise, and a pleasure to read. I am convinced that even experts in philosophy of language will benefit from working through the volume...In conclusion, Garcia-Carpintero and Koelbel have assembled an extremely impressive lineup of contributors and the essays are quite generally clear, concise and comprehensive in their coverage. These essays will be very useful for people who already have some level of training in philosophy of language or linguistics and are looking to get up to speed on various topics. I am sure I will revisit the Continuum Companion many times in the future. * Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews * [A] valuable resource for students and scholars interested in either the history of the discipline or the state of the contemporary debate. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through researchers/faculty. -- A.L. Morton, Saint Xavier University * CHOICE *