Description: Varieties of Tone by R. Kortum In clear and lively prose that avoids jargon, the author carefully and systematically examines the many kinds of subtly nuanced words or word-pairs of everyday discourse such as and-but, before-ere, Chinese-Chink, and sweat-perspiration, that have proven resistant to truth-conditional explanations of meaning. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In clear and lively prose that avoids jargon, the author carefully and systematically examines the many kinds of subtly nuanced words or word-pairs of everyday discourse such as and-but, before-ere, Chinese-Chink, and sweat-perspiration, that have proven resistant to truth-conditional explanations of meaning. Author Biography Richard Kortum is Associate Professor of Philosophy at East Tennessee State University, USA. He was educated at Duke University, Cambridge University, and Oxford University where he received his D.Phil. in philosophy of language under Sir Michael Dummett. Table of Contents Preface Introduction PART I: HISTORICAL PRELIMINARIES PART II: VARIETIES OF TONE PART III: TONE AND THE REPRESENTATIONAL CHARACTER OF MEANING Index Bibliography Long Description Todays leading theories of meaning, chiefly those of Michael Dummett and Donald Davidson, depend crucially upon Gottlob Freges distinctions between sense and reference, sense and utterance-force, and sense and tone. But while the notions of reference, sense, and force have dominated the discussion, the subtle workings of tone have received scant attention. Long overdue, this is the first comprehensive study of tone. Careful analysis of the more than two dozen varieties identified by Frege and Dummett reveals serious weaknesses in their explanatory framework. The author sketches a broader conception in terms of speakers correctly making things out to be a certain way, a formulation that avoids the demonstrated shortcomings of Fregean truth-conditional accounts while capturing the representational character of meaning as this applies right across the language-not only to words and sentences, but to discreet linguistic components such as word-order, mood of the verb, and patterns of intonation and stress. Details ISBN1137263539 Language English ISBN-10 1137263539 ISBN-13 9781137263537 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 2013 Publication Date 2013-11-15 Author R. Kortum Short Title VARIETIES OF TONE 2013/E Pages 258 Edition Description 2013 Imprint Palgrave Macmillan Subtitle Frege, Dummett and the Shades of Meaning Place of Publication Basingstoke Country of Publication United Kingdom UK Release Date 2013-11-15 AU Release Date 2013-11-15 NZ Release Date 2013-11-15 Illustrations XV, 258 p. Publisher Palgrave Macmillan Alternative 9781349442591 DEWEY 401 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:96919179;
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