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Words and contents
- Title
- Words and contents / Richard Vallée ; foreword by John Perry.
- Author
- Vallée, Richard, 1957-
- Publication
- Stanford, California : CSLI Publications, Center for the Study of Language and Information, [2018]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 19-4336 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Perry, John, 1943-
- Description
- xiii, 199 pages; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "The papers in Richard Vallée's Words and Contents span twenty-one years. The author navigates the discovery and exploration of different expressions and perspectives on language in this volume. Beginning with referring expressions and later addressing context sensitivity, the book examines how specific words contribute to the contents of utterances and the philosophical issues that surround them"--
- Series Statement
- CSLI lecture notes ; no. 222
- Uniform Title
- CSLI lecture notes ; no. 222.
- Subjects
- Note
- Errata slip inserted.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Who are we? -- Talking about us -- Complex demonstratives, articulation, and overarticulation -- Unarticulated comparison classes -- Conventional implicature revisited -- On local bars and imported beer -- Slurring and common knowledge of ordinary language -- Color adjectives, compositionality and true utterances.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-4336
- ISBN
- 9781684000388
- 1684000386
- 9781684000395
- 1684000394
- 9781684000401 (canceled/invalid)
- 1684000408 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2018005815
- OCLC
- 1048015226
- Author
- Vallée, Richard, 1957- author.
- Title
- Words and contents / Richard Vallée ; foreword by John Perry.
- Publisher
- Stanford, California : CSLI Publications, Center for the Study of Language and Information, [2018]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- CSLI lecture notes ; no. 222CSLI lecture notes ; no. 222.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Perry, John, 1943- writer of foreword.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-4336