Description: Living Words : Meaning Underdetermination and the Dynamic Lexicon, Hardcover by Ludlow, Peter, ISBN 0198712057, ISBN-13 9780198712053, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Peter Ludlow shows how word meanings are much more dynamic than we might have supposed, and explores how meanings are modulated (changed) even during the course of our everyday conversations. When we engage with communicative partners we build micro-languages on the fly--languages that may be
fleeting, but which serve our joint interests. Sometimes we sync up on word meanings without reflection, but in many cases we debate the proper modulation of the meanings of our words. Living Words explores the norms that govern the ways in which we litigate word meanings. The resulting view is
radical, and Ludlow shows that it has far-reaching consequences for our political and legal discourse and also for some of the deepest and most intractable puzzles that have gripped English-language philosophy for the past 100 years--including puzzles in the foundations of semantics, epistemology,
and logic.
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Book Title: Living Words : Meaning Underdetermination and the Dynamic Lexicon
Number of Pages: 192 Pages
Publication Name: Living Words : Meaning Underdetermination and the Dynamic Lexicon
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2014
Subject: Linguistics / Morphology, General, Linguistics / General
Item Height: 0.7 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 14.1 Oz
Item Length: 8.8 in
Author: Peter Ludlow
Subject Area: Philosophy, Language Arts & Disciplines
Item Width: 5.8 in
Format: Hardcover
