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Abstract:The major treatments of language in pre-Han texts—those of the Mohists and Xunzi—account for the use of words to represent objects through social practices for distinguishing different kinds of things… Click to show full abstract
Abstract:The major treatments of language in pre-Han texts—those of the Mohists and Xunzi—account for the use of words to represent objects through social practices for distinguishing different kinds of things and associating names with things of the same kind. For these theorists, pragmatics explains semantics: shared norms governing the use of names fix reference and thus explain how names can represent objects and express thoughts.
Keywords:
philosophy;
chinese philosophy;
philosophy language;
language;
early chinese;
representation early
Journal Title: Philosophy East and West
Year Published: 2021
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Journal Title: Philosophy East and West
Year Published: 2021
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