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Publication details [#1282]

Bennett, Jonathan. 1976. Linguistic behavior. Cambridge University Press. x + 292 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
belief | conventionality | functional explanation | functionalism | human communication | intention | language | meaning | syntax1

Annotation

B. presents in some detail a view of language as essentially a matter of systematic communicative behavior. It contains discussions on teleology and teleological explanation, belief and intention, the concept of meaning, the concept of convention, and language structure and syntax.

Reviewed by

Mackie, J.L. 1977. Review of $Linguistic behavior.