| Description |
1 online resource (84 entries) : 6 images, digital files. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
A-W. |
| Access |
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |
| 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. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Note |
Description based on title page of print version. |
| Subject |
Language and languages -- Philosophy.
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Linguistics.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Chapman, Siobhan, 1968-
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Routledge, Christopher, 1968-
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Credo Reference (Firm)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 0748617574 9780748617579 (DLC) 2005432610 xii, 282 p. |
| ISBN |
9781849724524 (online) |
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9780748617579 (print) |
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0748617574 (hbk.) |
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0748617582 (pbk.) |
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