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Linguistic Behaviour

Jonathan Bennett author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:20th Sep '79

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First published in 1976, this book presents a view of language as a matter of systematic communicative behaviour. Professor Bennett discusses the problems involved in topics such as teleology, belief and intention, form and content, meaning, convention, and syntactic structure, whilst underlining the importance of behaviour in both human and non-human forms of communication. For the major points of reference in Bennett's discussions, a select bibliography is included, which roots his thesis in a broader corpus of linguistic and philosophical study. This book will be of interest to the student and scholar as well as to the general enthusiast of the philosophy of language.

ISBN: 9780521297516

Dimensions: 216mm x 140mm x 17mm

Weight: 390g

304 pages