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Stage 1: Introduction

Stage 1: Introduction

pp. 1-17

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, University of Cambridge
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Extract

This first stage of the journey introduces the concept of meaning in language and discourse, discusses the advantages of studying it at the interfaces of semantics, pragmatics, and philosopy, and moves to the correlates of meaning in the mind and in the world. It also addresses the question of the appropriate unit of study – a flexible type of proposition.

Keywords

  • meaning
  • referential theory of meaning
  • representational theory of meaning
  • mentalistic theory of meaning
  • proposition
  • meaning and the mind
  • meaning and reference

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