Key thinkers in linguistics and the philosophy of language.

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Imprint:Edinburgh [Scotland] : Edinburgh University Press, 2005 (Boston, Mass. : Credo Reference, 2012.)
Description:1 online resource (84 entries) : 6 images, digital files
Language:English
Subject:
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13416494
Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other authors / contributors:Chapman, Siobhan, Contributor.
Routledge, Christopher, Contributor.
ISBN:0748617574
9780748617579
Notes:A-W.
Includes bibliographical references.
English.
Title page of print version.
Summary:Key Thinkers in Linguistics and the Philosophy of Language is a unique and accessible reference guide to the work of figures who have played an important role in the development of ideas about language. It includes eighty entries on individual thinkers in the Western tradition, ranging from antiquity to the present day, chosen because of their impact on the description or theory of language. Each entry explains the main ideas of the thinker, outlining their development and assessing their significance and influence. Brief biographical details place the subject in his or her cultural and historical context. No prior knowledge of either linguistics or philosophy is assumed; each entry concludes with suggestions for further reading of both primary texts and secondary sources, encouraging readers to find out more about the particular key thinker and the impact of his or her ideas. Thinkers included range from Plato and Aristotle, through Berkeley, Leibniz, Kant, Russell, Wittgenstein, and Austin, to Sacks, Kristeva, and Chomsky.