The Routledge companion to philosophy of language

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Preface Part 1: Core Topics 1.1 Extensions, Intensions, Character, and Beyond David Braun 1.2 Semantics and Pragmatics Christopher Gauker 1.3 Logical Form Kirk Ludwig 1.4 Presupposition Paul Dekker 1.5 Implicature Laurence Horn 1.6 Pragmatic Enrichment and Conversational Implicature Francois Recanati 1.7 Meaning and Communication Kent Bach 1.8 Compositionality Josh Dever 1.9 Focus and Intonation Daniel Buring 1.10 Context-Sensitivity Ernie Lepore and Tom Donaldson 1.11 Relativism John MacFarlane 1.12 Vagueness J. Robert G. Williams 1.13 Empty Names Sarah Sawyer 1.14 Relevance Theory Robyn Carston 1.15 Truth and Reference in Fiction Stavroula Glezakos Part 2: Foundations of Semantics 2.1 Reference Teresa Robertson 2.2 Theories of Truth Matti Eklund 2.3 Propositions Scott Soames 2.4 Concepts Christopher Peacocke 2.5 Analytic Truth Cory Juhl and Eric Loomis 2.6 Possible Worlds Semantics Daniel Nolan 2.7 Dynamic Semantics Seth Yalcin 2.8 Event Semantics Barry Schein 2.9 Skepticism about Meaning Michael McDermott Part 3: Parts of Speech 3.1 Names Barbara Abbott 3.2 Verbs Zoltan Gendler Szabo 3.3 Adjectives Chris Kennedy 3.4 Quantifiers and Determiners Robert May and Aldo Antonelli 3.5 Generics Sarah-Jane Leslie 3.6 Anaphora Jeffrey King 3.7 Descriptions Peter Ludlow 3.8 Plurals Bernhard Nickel 3.9 Adverbs Delia Graff Fara 3.10 Mass Terms Jeff Pelletier 3.11 Indexicals and Demonstratives Allyson Mount 3.12 Indicative Conditionals Anthony Gillies 3.13 Subjunctive Conditionals Kai von Fintel 3.14 Questions Paul Hagstrom Part 4: Methodology 4.1 The Role of Experiment in the Philosophy of Language Steve Stich and Edouard Machery 4.2 The Role of Linguistics in the Philosophy of Language Sarah Moss 4.3 The Role of Psychology in the Philosophy of Language Robert Stainton 4.4 The Role of Mathematical Methods in the Philosophy of Language Laurence S. Moss 4.5 The Role of Artificial Languages in the Philosophy of Language Martin Stokhof 4.6 The Role of Intuitions in the Philosophy of Language Michael Devitt Part 5: Logic for Philosophers of Language 5.1 Model Theory: What it Is and What it Isn't John P. Burgess 5.2 Logical Quantifiers Gila Sher 5.3 The Logic of Time and Tense Anthony Galton 5.4 Modal Logic and its Applications to the Philosophy of Language Kit Fine 5.5 Two-Dimensional Logics and Two-Dimensionalism in Philosophy Steven Kuhn 5.6 Many-valued Logics Nicholas J.J. Smith 5.7 Dynamic Logic in Natural Language Johan van Bentham 5.8 Intuitionism Allen Hazen 5.9 Richard Montague's Approach to the Semantics of Natural Languages Rich Thomason Part 6: Philosophy of Language for the Rest of Philosophy 6.1 Philosophy of Language for Epistemology Ram Neta 6.2 Philosophy of Language for Metaethics Mark Schroeder 6.3 Philosophy of Language for Metaphysics 6.3.1 Case Study 1: The Language of Causation Eric Swanson 6.3.2 Case Study 2: Dispositional Expressions Alexander Bird 6.4 Philosophy of Language for Normative Ethics 6.4.1 Language, Gender, and Sexuality Sally McConnell-Ginet 6.4.2 Language and Race Rae Langton, Sally Haslanger and Luvell Anderson 6.5 Apriority Sinan Dogramaci 6.6 Necessity and Meaning Gillian Russell 6.7 Propositional Attitude Reports David Shier Part 7: Historical Perspectives 7.1 Ancient Philosophy of Language Luca Castagnoli and Valentina Di Lascio 7.2 Medieval Philosophy of Language Gyula Klima 7.3 Modern Philosophy of Language Michael Losonsky 7.4 Frege, Russell, and Wittgenstein Michael Potter 7.5 Logical Positivism and Quine Sanford Shieh 7.6 Ordinary Language Philosophy Michael Beaney 7.7 Pragmatics and Context: The Development of Intensional Semantics Jason Stanley 7.8 A Brief History of Generative Grammar Robert Freidin

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