"Drawing on perspectives ranging from generative syntax, optimality theory, computational linguistics, sign language phonology, and language evolution studies, this book explores the current philosophical issues in theoretical linguistics. It is an essential read for linguists, cognitive scientists and philosophers working in language studies"--
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. What is a possible human language?; 3. Syntactic metatheory; 4. The science of semantics; 5. Context and pragmatics; 6. Signs, sounds, action!; 7. Computational approaches to language; 8. Language and evolution; 9. Conclusion; References.
