本书是关于研究“语言哲学”的专著，书中从语言学和哲学角度来论述语言学的理论基础，将两者紧密结合起来，不仅符合当今跨学科研究的发展趋势，有助于加强语言学界和哲学界的紧密合作，而且有利于加深语言学学习者对语言学理论的认识。

《语言哲学：在现代西方语言学的背后》从语言学和哲学角度来论述语言学的理论基础，将两者紧密结合起来，不仅符合当今跨学科研究的发展趋势，有助于加强语言学界和哲学界的紧密合作，而且有利于加深语言学学习者对语言学理论的认识。全书脉络清晰，语言简洁流畅，论述深入浅出，对大学教师和在读学生都有重要的指导意义。

PREFACE

前言

PART ONE Early Development

 Unit 1 Language in Ancient Chinese Philosophy

 Unit 2 Language in Ancient Greek Philosophy

 Unit 3 Overview of the Discussions

PART TWO Batt les over Reference

 Unit 4 Onset of the Controversy

 Unit 5 The Dominance of Description Theory

 Unit 6 Seesaw Struggle with the Foes

 Unit 7 The Final Demise

 Unit 8 Rise of a NCW Power

 Unit 9 Combating Puzzles and Challenges

 Unit 10 Getting Trapped in Problems

 Unit 11 Comparing the Two Armies

 Unit 12 Renovating the Causal Theory

 Unit 13 Extending the Causal Theory

PART THREE Meaning as Intension

 Unit 14 John Locke and the Idea Theory

 Unit 15 Focus on Propositions

 Unit 16 Verifying the Proposition

 Unit 17 Finding Truth Conditions

PART FOUR Mean ing as Use

 Unit 18 Early and Later Wittgenstein

 Unit 19 Ordinary Language Philosophy and the“Thought Experiment”

 Unit 20 Speaker Meaning and Sentence Meaning

 Unit 21 Austin’S Speech Act Theory

 Unit 22 The Cooperative Principle

 Unit 23 Conversational Implicature

 Unit 24 The Impact of Austin and Grice

PART FIVE Language as Mental System

 Unit 25 Trapped in the Movie Show：Structuralism

 Unit 26 Putting the Cart before the Horse：Linguistic Relativism

 Unit 27 Universal Grammar and the Chomskyan Defense

 Unit 28 Criticizing the Master

 Unit 29 The Importance of Idiom Competence

 Unit 30 Seeking an Alternative

PART SIX Epi logue

 Unit 31 Being a Good Language Learner

REFERENCES

INDEX