Objects of Inquiry in Philosophy of Language and Linguistics

ISBN-13: 9783631748602 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 230 str.

Piotr Stalmaszczyk

Opis

This book investigates the possible common objects of inquiry in philosophy of language and literature. Topics discussed include proper names, fictional names, truth in fiction, ontological status and metaphysics of fictional characters, metaphor, representation, interpretation, sense and nonsense.

Spis treści

Proper names - Fictional names - Fictional characters - Truth in fiction - Metaphysics of fictional characters - Millian semantics - Fregean semantics - Realism and antirealism - Sense and nonsense - Metaphor - Representation - Interpretation - Donald Davidson - Franz Kafka - Finnegans Wake

O autorze

Piotr Stalmaszczyk is a professor of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Lodz (Poland), where he holds the Chair of English and General Linguistics. His research is concerned predominantly with linguistic methodology and the philosophy of language and linguistics.