Key Ideas in Linguistics and the Philosophy of Language
Editor/Author: Chapman, Siobhan and Routledge, ChristopherPublication Year: 2009
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 978-0-7486-2618-2
Category: language
Image Count: 9
Book Status: Available
Offers introductory entries on ideas that have shaped the study of language up to the present day.
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Editors Chapman and Routledge have now produced two reference books pairing linguistics and the philosophy of language: Key Thinkers in Linguistics and the Philosophy of Language (2005) and this new companion volume. Both volumes concentrate on theories and approaches to thinking about language that many students and practitioners of one field or the other will find illuminating. Unlike comprehensive dictionaries in either field, Key Ideas covers a mere 90 terms, selected for their impact on current work in the two disciplines and the related fields of artificial intelligence, psychology, and anthropology. Long entries such as "Conversational Analysis," "Deduction/Induction," "(Critical) Discourse Analysis," "Empiricism/Rationalism," and "Speech Act Theory" run about seven pages. The shortest entries, such as "EMIC/ETIC," "Glossematics," "Innateness," "Modality," and "Truth Value," are about a page long. The format and list of contributors are similar to those in Key Thinkers--each entry includes a summary paragraph, internal cross-references, cross-references to Key Thinkers, discussion, and lists of primary and secondary sources. The book ends with an index of names and topics. The two volumes work well together and could serve as texts or supplementary resources.
J. M. Alexander
Carnegie Mellon University
