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Papers gathered in the two volumes investigate the complex relations between philosophy of language and linguistics, viewed as independent, but mutually influencing one another, disciplines. They concentrate on the ‘formal’ and ‘philosophical’ turns in the philosophy of language, initiated by Gottlob Frege, with further developments associated with the work of Bertrand Russell, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz, W.O.V. Quine, Richard Montague, Pavel Tichý, Richard Rorty. The volumes bring together contributions by philosophers, logicians and linguists, representing different theoretical orientations but united in outlining the common ground, necessary for further research in philosophy of language and linguistics. The papers were submitted and, in most cases, presented at the first International Conference on Philosophy of Language and Linguistics, PhiLang2009, organized by the Chair of English and General Linguistics at the University of Łódź.

About the editor

Professor Piotr Stalmaszczyk holds the Chair of English and General Linguistics at the University of Łódź, and he is the Dean of the Philological Faculty. His research interests cover linguistic methodology, philosophy of language, generative grammar, and Celtic languages. His publications include Structural Predication in Generative Grammar (habilitationsschrift, Łódź 1999), two edited volumes on methodologies in language studies (in Polish), a co-edited volume on Cognitive Approaches to Language and Linguistic Data (Peter Lang 2009), and two books on Celtic languages and language contact in the British Isles.

Table of Contents: Volume 1

Introduction. Philosophy of Language and Linguistics: The Formal Turn
Piotr Stalmaszczyk

Gottlob Frege, Philosophy of Language, and Predication
Piotr Stalmaszczyk

Philosophy, Linguistics and Semantic Interpretation
Christian Bassac

An Unresolved Issue: Nonsense in Natural Language and Non-Classical Logical and Semantic Systems
Elżbieta Chrzanowska-Kluczewska

Varieties of Context-Dependence
Tadeusz Ciecierski

The Logos of Semantic Structure
Marie Duží, Bjørn Jespersen and Pavel Materna

The Good Samaritan and the Hygienic Cook: A Cautionary Tale About Linguistic Data
Chris Fox

The Meaning of Multiple Quantified Sentences: Where Formal Semantics Meets Psycholinguistics
Justyna Grudzińska

The Hybrid Theory of Reference for Proper Names
Filip Kawczyński

On the Nature of Statistical Language Laws
Agnieszka Kułacka

Vagueness and Contextualism
Joanna Odrowąż-Sypniewska

The Myth of Semantic Structure
Jaroslav Peregrin

Scalar Implicatures, Communication and Language Evolution
Salvatore Pistoia Reda

Semantics and Contextuality: The Case of Pia’s Leaves
Stefano Predelli

Is Logico-Semantical Analysis of Natural Language Expressions a Translation?
Jiří Raclavský

Beyond the Fregean Myth: The Value of Logical Values
Fabien Schang

Modal Calculus of Illocutionary Logic
Andrew Schumann

‘Subjectivity’ in Philosophy and Linguistics
Barbara Sonnenhauser

Asymmetrical Semantics
Mieszko Tałasiewicz

Truth: An Anti-realist Adequacy Condition
Luca Tranchini

Belief Reports: Defaults, Intentions and Scorekeeping
Giacomo Turbanti

On Truth in Time
Bartosz Więckowski

Order
William J. Sullivan

Indexes


Table of Contents: Volume 2

Introduction. Philosophy of Language and Linguistics: The Philosophical Turn
Piotr Stalmaszczyk

Minimalism, Contextualism, and Contentualism
Eros Corazza and Kepa Korta

Has Locke’s Semantic Theory Been Refuted?
Luis Fernández Moreno

Is Meaning Normative?
Andrea Guardo

Determining the Role of Language in Second Order Thinking
(Mindreading and Language)
Arkadiusz Gut

The Search for a Science of Language
Pius ten Hacken

Does Language Have a Use?
Lars Hertzberg

Defeasibility of Meaning and Expression in Language Use and Its Implications for Culture and Communication
Carl Humphries

Grammatical Complexity, Philosophy and Linguistics
Witold Kieraś

The Logic of Language. Analytical Pragmatism and Inferentialism as a Bridge between Philosophy of Language and Linguistics
Guilherme F. R. Kisteumacher

What Is it Like Intending to Cheat the Demon: On the Problem with Possible Intentions
Joanna Klimczyk

(Inter)subjectivity and Objectivity. Meaning at a Crossroads
Karolina Krawczak

The Idea of Words as Signs
Michael Morris

Scientism and the Historiography of the Philosophy of Language
Yrsa Neuman

The Formalism of Linguistics? A Gadamerian View
Andrzej Pawelec

The Problem with the Notion of Meaning and Reference in the Field of Analytic Philosophy
Ewa Rosiak

Representation as Dogma: beyond Linguistic and Cognitive Representationalisms
Pierre Steiner and Jean-Baptiste Guignard

Proper Names, Causal Chains and Anchoring
Piotr Wilkin

Methodological and Ontological Assumptions in Linguistic Theories
Justyna Winiarska

Indexes

ISBN: 978-3-86838-070-5 671 pp Hardcover €229.00

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