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Philosophy of Linguistics investigates the foundational concepts and methods of linguistics, the scientific study of human language. This groundbreaking collection, the most thorough treatment of the philosophy of linguistics ever published, brings together philosophers, scientists and historians to map out both the foundational assumptions set during the second half of the last century and the unfolding shifts in perspective in which more functionalist perspectives are explored. The opening chapter lays out the philosophical background in preparation for the papers that follow, which demon

Philosophy of language --- Linguistics --- Philosophy. --- Language and languages --- Philosophy

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Representational systems such as language, mind and perhaps even the brain exhibit a structure that is often assumed to be compositional. That is, the semantic value of a complex representation is determined by the semantic value of their parts and the way they are put together. Dating back to the late 19th century, the principle of compositionality has regained wide attention recently. Since the principle has been dealt with very differently across disciplines, the aim of the two volumes is to bring together the diverging approaches. They assemble a collection of original papers that cover

Compositionality (Linguistics) --- Cognition. --- Meaning (Philosophy) --- Philosophy --- Semantics (Philosophy) --- Psychology --- Composition (Linguistics) --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Semantics --- Hierarchy (Linguistics)