This volume offers novel views on the precise relation between reference to an object by means of a linguistic expression and our mental representation of that

Main description: The author argues for a new, linguistically grounded typology of speech and thought representation in English from a cognitive-linguistic pers

This book is a defense of a Chomskyan conception of language against philosophical objectionsthat have been raised against it. It also provides, however, a crit

François Recanati presents his theory of mental files, a new way of understanding reference in language and thought. Linguistic expressions inherit their refer

Our thoughts are meaningful. We think about things in the outside world; how can that be so? This is one of the deepest questions in contemporary philosophy. Ev