Mental Files PDF book is popular Language Arts & Disciplines book written by François Recanati. The book was released by Oxford University Press on 2012-12-06 with total hardcover pages 295. Fast download link is given in this page, you could read Mental Files by François Recanati in PDF, epub and kindle directly from your devices.
François Recanati presents his theory of mental files, a new way of understanding reference in language and thought. Linguistic expressions inherit their refer
This is a provocative contribution to the current debate about the best delimitation of semantics and pragmatics. Is 'What is said' determined by linguistic con
Recanati argues against the traditional understanding of the semantics/pragmatics divide. Through half a dozen case studies, he shows that 'pragmatic modulation
Recanati examines the nature of thought and understanding, and defends the idea that truth is relative to context. The book will be of interest to those working
François Recanati has pioneered the 'mental file' framework for thinking about concepts and how we refer to the world in thought and language. He now explores
