Linguistic Behaviour

by Jonathan Bennett

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521297516
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	09/20/1979
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Programme for a synthesis; 2. Teleology; 3. Belief and intention: form; 4. Belief and intention: content; 5. Meaning; 6. Regular meanings; 7. Convention; 8. A language; 9. Structure; Bibliography; Index.