The authors present a collection of brand-new essays on important topics at the intersection of philosophy and linguistics.

In 1905, Bertrand Russell published 'On Denoting' in which he proposed and defended a quantificational account of definite descriptions. Forty-five years later,

Beyond Description brings anthropologists and other social scientists together to examine the problem of explanation. What is "an explanation?" What can it add?

This book addresses issues of space, historicity, architecture and textuality by focusing on Singapore's singular position in the region and as a global city. T

Natural languages – idioms such as English and Cantonese, Zulu and Amharic, Basque and Nicaraguan Sign Language – allow their speakers to convey meaning and