the basics Nowak, Ethan creator author. text bibliography nyu 2024 monographic eng

print

x, 201 pages; illustrations, 20 cm. "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"-- Ethan Nowak. Includes bibliographical references and index. Language and languages Philosophy P 107 .2024 N69 401 Nowak, Ethan. New York, NY : Routledge, 2024 (DLC) 2024014964 9781032168777 9781032168678 2024014963 DLC 240506 20260519101819.0 23677336 eng