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Words and Thoughts: Subsentences, Ellipsis, and the Philosophy of Language
Stainton, Robert (University of Western Ontario)
Words and Thoughts: Subsentences, Ellipsis, and the Philosophy of Language
Stainton, Robert (University of Western Ontario)
It is a near truism of philosophy of language that sentences are prior to words---that they are the only things that fundamentally have meaning. Robert's Stainton's study interrogates this idea, drawing on a wide body of evidence to argue that speakers can and do use mere words, not sentences, to communicate complex thoughts.
272 pages, Figures
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | April 23, 2009 |
ISBN13 | 9780199250394 |
Publishers | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 262 |
Dimensions | 156 × 232 × 15 mm · 412 g |