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Living Words

Meaning Underdetermination and the Dynamic Lexicon

by Peter Ludlow

  • Hardback
  • 208 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • 14.8 x 22.3 x 1.7 cm

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For linguists and philosophy enthusiasts seeking deep insights

Unravels the complexities of word meanings in dialogue

You will gain clarity on language's impact on discourse

Discover how word meanings evolve in everyday conversations with Peter Ludlow's Living Words.

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Peter Ludlow shows how word meanings are much more dynamic than we might have supposed, and explores how meanings are modulated (changed) even during the course of our everyday conversations. When we engage with communicative partners we build micro-languages on the fly-languages that may be fleeting, but which serve our joint interests. Sometimes we sync up on word meanings without reflection, but in many cases we debate the proper modulation of the meanings of our words. Living Words explores the norms that govern the ways in which we litigate word meanings. The resulting view is radical, and Ludlow shows that it has far-reaching consequences for our political and legal discourse and also for some of the deepest and most intractable puzzles that have gripped English-language philosophy for the past 100 years-including puzzles in the foundations of semantics, epistemology, and logic.
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  • Author

    Peter Ludlow

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Oxford University Press

  • Published

    May 2014

  • Weight

    364g

  • Page Count

    208

  • Dimensions

    14.8 x 22.3 x 1.7 cm

  • ISBN

    9780198712053

  • ISBN-10

    0198712057

  • Eden Code

    4563109

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