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The Oxford Handbook In Contemporary Philosophy Of Language Introduces Readers To The Main Issues And Theories In The Philosophy Of Language As Currently Practiced. The Book Is Intended To Be A Definitive Guide To Contemporary Philosophy Of Language, But One With A Twist: Although Some Of The Articles Focus Directly On Technical Issues More Narrowly Construed In The Recent Tradition Of Linguistically Oriented Philosophy Of Language, The Majority Of The Contributions Are Primarily Focused On Foundational Questions In Traditional Philosophy Of Language. This Is Not To Say That The Contributions Are Ignoring The Technical Developments At The Intersection Of Philosophy And Linguistics. On The Contrary, The Aim Is Precisely To Re-consider These Foundational Issues In A New Light, While Still Bearing In Mind The Formal Developments In Recent Literature, As Well As To Present New Foundational Issues That Have Emerged On Account Of Such Developments. As A Result Of This Focus On Foundational Philosophical Issues, Virtually All Our Contributors Are Philosophers Of Language. So, One Way To See What The Aim Of The Volume Is Is As Urging A Return To, And A Novel Reconsideration Of, The Basic, Foundational Issues In The Philosophy Of Language. Accordingly, This Book Divides Into Seven General Parts. Part I, Languages And Language, Part Ii, Semantic Content And Propositional Attitudes, Part Iii, Communication And Speech Acts, Part Iv, Meta-semantics And Foundations Of Meaning Theory, Part V, Tense And Modality, Part Vi, Semantics And Linguistic Theory, Part Vii, Expressive, Evaluative, Subjective, And Social Aspects Of Language. The Contributions Of These Seven Parts Come From Some Of The Leading Researchers On A Range Of The Central Topics In Contemporary Philosophy Of Language. It Is Intended To Provide A Lay-of-the-land Of Current Research Trends And Present Cutting-edge Developments On Some Of The Most Fundamental Issues In The Philosophy Of Language, From The Nature Of Language To The Nature And Role Of Semantic And Attitudinal Content, To The Dynamics Of Communication, Speech Acts, Meta-semantics And Reference Grounding, Tense, Modality, Discourse Dynamics And Information Structure, To The Expressive, Evaluative, Subjective, And Social Aspects Of Language. It Will Thus Be Of Interest To Both Active Researchers In The Field And To Novices Alike-- Provided By Publisher.