Philosophy of Language and Linguistics

Professor Piotr Stalmaszczyk holds the Chair of English and General Linguistics at the University of Lódz, and he is the Dean of the Philological Faculty. His research interests cover linguistic methodology, philosophy of language, generative grammar, and Celtic languages. His publications include Structural Predication in Generative Grammar, two edited volumes on methodologies in language studies (in Polish), a co-edited volume on Cognitive Approaches to Language and Linguistic Data, and two books on Celtic languages and language contact in the British Isles.

Table of Contents: Volume 1
Introduction. Philosophy of Language and Linguistics: The Formal Turn
Piotr Stalmaszczyk

Gottlob Frege, Philosophy of Language, and Predication
Piotr Stalmaszczyk
Philosophy, Linguistics and Semantic Interpretation
Christian Bassac
An Unresolved Issue: Nonsense in Natural Language and Non-Classical Logical and Semantic Systems
El?bieta Chrzanowska-Kluczewska
Varieties of Context-Dependence
Tadeusz Ciecierski
The Logos of Semantic Structure
Marie Duzí, Bjørn Jespersen and Pavel Materna
The Good Samaritan and the Hygienic Cook: A Cautionary Tale About Linguistic Data
Chris Fox

The Meaning of Multiple Quantified Sentences: Where Formal Semantics Meets Psycholinguistics
Justyna Grudzi?ska
The Hybrid Theory of Reference for Proper Names
Filip Kawczy?ski
On the Nature of Statistical Language Laws
Agnieszka Ku?acka
Vagueness and Contextualism
Joanna Odrow??-Sypniewska
The Myth of Semantic Structure
Jaroslav Peregrin
Scalar Implicatures, Communication and Language Evolution
Salvatore Pistoia Reda
Semantics and Contextuality: The Case of Pia's Leaves
Stefano Predelli
Is Logico-Semantical Analysis of Natural Language Expressions a Translation?
Ji?í Raclavský
Beyond the Fregean Myth: The Value of Logical Values
Fabien Schang
Modal Calculus of Illocutionary Logic
Andrew Schumann
'Subjectivity' in Philosophy and Linguistics
Barbara Sonnenhauser
Asymmetrical Semantics
Mieszko Ta?asiewicz
Truth: An Anti-realist Adequacy Condition
Luca Tranchini
Belief Reports: Defaults, Intentions and Scorekeeping
Giacomo Turbanti
On Truth in Time
Bartosz Wi?ckowski

Order
William J. Sullivan

Indexes

Table of Contents: Volume 2

Introduction. Philosophy of Language and Linguistics: The Philosophical Turn
Piotr Stalmaszczyk
Minimalism, Contextualism, and Contentualism
Eros Corazza and Kepa Korta
Has Locke's Semantic Theory Been Refuted?
Luis Fernández Moreno

Is Meaning Normative?
Andrea Guardo
Determining the Role of Language in Second Order Thinking
(Mindreading and Language)
Arkadiusz Gut

The Search for a Science of Language
Pius ten Hacken
Does Language Have a Use?
Lars Hertzberg

Defeasibility of Meaning and Expression in Language Use and Its Implications for Culture and Communication
Carl Humphries

Grammatical Complexity, Philosophy and Linguistics
Witold Kiera?

The Logic of Language. Analytical Pragmatism and Inferentialism as a Bridge between Philosophy of Language and Linguistics
Guilherme F. R. Kisteumacher

What Is it Like Intending to Cheat the Demon: On the Problem with Possible Intentions
Joanna Klimczyk

(Inter)subjectivity and Objectivity. Meaning at a Crossroads
Karolina Krawczak

The Idea of Words as Signs
Michael Morris

Scientism and the Historiography of the Philosophy of Language
Yrsa Neuman
The Formalism of Linguistics? A Gadamerian View
Andrzej Pawelec

The Problem with the Notion of Meaning and Reference in the Field of Analytic Philosophy
Ewa Rosiak

Representation as Dogma: beyond Linguistic and Cognitive Representationalisms
Pierre Steiner and Jean-Baptiste Guignard

Proper Names, Causal Chains and Anchoring
Piotr Wilkin

Methodological and Ontological Assumptions in Linguistic Theories
Justyna Winiarska

Indexes