what it means and how we use it Volume 1 Natural language Soames, Scott. creator ebrary, Inc text bibliography Electronic books. nju Princeton Princeton University Press c2009 2009 9999 monographic eng

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x, 428 p. The origins of these essays -- Introduction -- Presupposition -- A projection problem for speaker presupposition -- Pt. 2. Language and linguistic competence -- Linguistics and psychology -- Semantics and psychology -- Semantics and semantic competence -- The necessity argument -- Truth, meaning, and understanding -- Truth and meaning in perspective -- Pt. 3. Semantics and pragmatics -- Naming and asserting -- The gap between meaning and assertion : why what we literally say often differs from what our words literally mean -- Drawing the line between meaning and implicaturem and relating both to assertion -- Pt. 4. Descriptions -- Incomplete definite descriptions -- Donnellan's referential/attributive distinction -- Why incomplete descriptions don't refute Russell's theory of descriptions -- Meaning and use : lessons for legal interpretation -- Interpreting legal texts : what is and what is not special about the law. Scott Soames. Includes bibliographical references and index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Language and languages Philosophy Linguistics Semantics P107 .S67 2009eb 410.9 Burge, Tyler http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10443127 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10443127 CaPaEBR 080429 ebr10443127