02195cam a22003378i 450000100090000000300040000900500170001300800410003001000170007102000300008802000310011802000270014903500130017604000280018904200080021705000220022508200250024710000270027224500570029926300090035626400440036530000570040933600260046633700280049233800340052050400510055452010040060565000400160965800840164977601240173323677336OSt20260519101819.0240506s2024    nyu      b    001 0 eng    a  2024014963  a9781032168777q(hardback)  a9781032168678q(paperback)  z9781003250753q(ebook)  a23677336  aDLCbengerdacDLCdDLC  apcc00aP 107b.2024 N69 00a401223/eng/202405071 aNowak, Ethan,eauthor.10aPhilosophy of language :bthe basics /cEthan Nowak.  a2407 1aNew York, NY :bRoutledge,c2024.42024  ax, 201 pages;3paperbillustrations,c20 cm.fvolume  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier3paper  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  a"This book provides beginners with a sense of the questions and methods that make up the philosophy of language. The first four chapters develop the idea that language is a system that allows us to exchange information with each other, and the second four chapters the idea that language is a tool we can use to perform actions, like promising, insulting, and socially positioning ourselves. The first part of the book traces an arc connecting questions like: What is linguistic meaning? Where does meaning come from? How do we use meanings to send messages to each other? The second part of the book takes up questions like: Does pornography silence women? What is offensive about slurs? What do we lose when languages go extinct? With a glossary of key terms, questions for reflection, and suggestions for further reading, Philosophy of Language: The Basics is the place to start for anyone who is or knows someone who is curious about how high the seas of language rise"--cProvided by publisher. 0aLanguage and languagesxPhilosophy.  aMaster of Arts in English Language Studies;bPhilosophy of Language, cMAELS20908iOnline version:aNowak, Ethan.tPhilosophy of languagedNew York, NY : Routledge, 2024z9781003250753w(DLC) 2024014964