02433cam a22003858i 4500 23677336 OSt 20260519101819.0 240506s2024 nyu b 001 0 eng 2024014963 9781032168777 (hardback) 9781032168678 (paperback) 9781003250753 (ebook) 23677336 DLC eng rda DLC DLC pcc P 107 .2024 N69 401 23/eng/20240507 Nowak, Ethan, author. 16065 Philosophy of language : the basics / Ethan Nowak. 2407 New York, NY : Routledge, 2024. 2024 x, 201 pages; paper illustrations, 20 cm. volume text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier paper Includes bibliographical references and index. "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"-- Provided by publisher. Language and languages Philosophy. 16066 Master of Arts in English Language Studies; Philosophy of Language, MAELS209 Online version: Nowak, Ethan. Philosophy of language New York, NY : Routledge, 2024 9781003250753 (DLC) 2024014964 7 rip orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK P 107 .2024 N69 (GSMAELS) 5930 5930 0 0 lcc 0 7 NFIC FOUNDATION GradSchool MAIN-GradSch 2026-05-19 Library budget 0 (GSMAELS) P 107 .2024 N69 c.1 0232026009025 2026-05-19 10:15:43 1 2026-05-19 BK GS-MAELS-2026025 0 0 lcc 0 4 NFIC FOUNDATION GradSchool MAIN-GradSch 2026-05-19 Library budget 0 (GSMAELS) P 107 .2024 N69 c.2 0232026009026 2026-05-19 10:16:47 2 2026-05-19 BK GS-MAELS-2026026 0 0 lcc 0 0 NFIC FOUNDATION GradSchool MAIN-GradSch 2026-05-19 Library budget 0 (GSMAELS) P 107 .2024 N69 c.3 0232026009027 2026-05-19 10:17:58 3 2026-05-19 BK GS-MAELS-2026027