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'yo!' and 'lo!' the Pragmatic Topography of the Space of Reasons

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'Yo!' and 'Lo!' the Pragmatic Topography of the Space of Reasons - Kukla, Rebecca, and Lance, Mark
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Much of 20th-century philosophy approached metaphysical and epistemological issues through an analysis of language. This book demonstrates that non-declarative speech acts--including vocative hails ("Yo!") and calls to shared attention ("Lo!")--are as fundamental to the possibility and structure of meaningful language as are declaratives.

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'Yo!' and 'Lo!' the Pragmatic Topography of the Space of Reasons 2009, Harvard University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9780674031470

Hardcover