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Part
II, Theories of Meaning, surveys the competing theories of linguistic mean-
ing and compares their various advantages and liabilities. Part III, Pragmatics
and Speech Acts, introduces the basic concepts of linguistic pragmatics,
includes a detailed discussion of the problem of indirect force and surveys
approaches to metaphor. Part IV, new to this edition, examines the four
theories of metaphor.
Features of Philosophy of Language include:
· new chapters on Frege and puzzles, inferentialism, illocutionary
theories of meaning, and relevance theory
· chapter overviews and summaries
· clear supportive examples
· study questions
· annotated further reading
· glossary
Praise for the First Edition:
"This exceptional text fulfils two essential criteria of a good introduc-
tory textbook in the philosophy of language: it covers a broad range of
topics well, all of which are the basis of current active research, and does
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