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      • Kepa Korta, University of the Basque Country, Donostia – San Sebastián, John Perry, Stanford University, California
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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 March 2013
      28 July 2011
      ISBN:
      9780511994869
      9780521764971
      9780521748674
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511994869
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.43kg, 192 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.3kg, 192 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Philosophy of Mind and Language, English Language and Linguistics: General Interest, Philosophy, Language and Linguistics
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    Critical Pragmatics develops three ideas: language is a way of doing things with words; meanings of phrases and contents of utterances derive ultimately from human intentions; and language combines with other factors to allow humans to achieve communicative goals. In this book, Kepa Korta and John Perry explain why critical pragmatics provides a coherent picture of how parts of language study fit together within the broader picture of human thought and action. They focus on issues about singular reference, that is, talk about particular things, places or people, which have played a central role in the philosophy of language for more than a century. They argue that attention to the 'reflexive' or 'utterance-bound' contents of utterances sheds new light on these old problems. Their important study proposes a new approach to pragmatics and should be of wide interest to philosophers of language and linguists.

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    'Critical Pragmatics is an original and highly impressive contribution to the field of pragmatics. It is a must-read for anyone who is interested in pragmatics in general and meaning in particular.'

    Professor Dr Eckard Rolf Source: Language and Dialogue

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