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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781435103321

Autore

Dascal Marcelo

Titolo

Thought in language [[electronic resource] /] / Marcelo Dascal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1983

ISBN

1-283-35951-0

9786613359513

90-272-8037-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (219 p.)

Collana

Pragmatics & beyond, , 0166-6258 ; ; 4:1

Pragmatics and the philosophy of mind ; ; 1

Disciplina

401

Soggetti

Language and languages - Philosophy

Psycholinguistics

Thought and thinking

Pragmatics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Thought in langauge.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume deals with the relation between pragmatics and the philosophy of mind. Unlike most of the books written on the subject, it does not defend the view that a specific form of dependence holds between language and thought, to the exclusion of all other possible relations. Taking pragmatics in its original sense of "that part of semiotics that is concerned with the users of a semiotic system", the book analyses the nature of the mental processes and states mirrored in language use. Drawing on results from cognitive psychology, the philosophy of mind, the philosophy of language, l