Words and thoughts : subsentences, ellipsis, and the philosophy of language

Words and thoughts : subsentences, ellipsis, and the philosophy of language / Robert J. Stainton.

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. This work interrogates this idea, drawing on a body of evidence to argue that speakers can and do use mere words, not sentences, to communicate complex tho...

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Main Author: Stainton, Robert
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Published in the United States by Oxford University Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Language and languages > Philosophy.
Speech acts (Linguistics)
Grammar, Comparative and general > Ellipsis.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Ellipsis
Language and languages > Philosophy
Ellipse > Linguistik
Satz
Sprechakt
Taalfilosofie.
Taalhandelingen.
Ellipse.
Grammaire comparée et générale.
Ellipse <Linguistik>
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Summary: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. This work interrogates this idea, drawing on a body of evidence to argue that speakers can and do use mere words, not sentences, to communicate complex thoughts.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 248 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-242) and index.
ISBN:9780191530548
0191530549
9780191719523
0191719528
1281164054
9781281164056
9786611164058
6611164057
143561822X
9781435618220
Language:English.
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
Action Note:digitized

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