Covering a wide range of fields and theoretical perspectives, this book provides a novel philosophical account of theoretical linguistics.

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Philosophy of Linguistics investigates the foundational concepts and methods of linguistics, the scientific study of human language. This groundbreaking collect

What is the remit of theoretical linguistics? How are human languages different from animal calls or artificial languages? What philosophical insights about lan

Karl Bühler (1879–1963) was one of the leading theoreticians of language of the twentieth century. Although primarily a psychologist, Bühler devoted much of