A Linguistic Philosophy of Language

Rastall teaches linguistics at Portsmouth University. He begins here with some simple “`Language’ has been the common concern of linguists and philosophers for a very long time. It would seem that there should be a possibility at least that the overlap of interest might allow a fruitful discussion.” He proceeds to deal with a wide range of topics for an audience the composition of which is not entirely clear (students, philosophers, linguists?), because the discussion varies wildly in its level of sophistication. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)