Philosophy of language final paper topics

Choose ONE of the following Tasks and ONE of the suggested topics:

Task 1:

Choose a philosopher/linguist from the given list (tomorrow's lecture). Write a short essay on his contribution to the study of language.

Offer a two-page excerpt from his work on language. Translate it into Bulgarian.

Task 2:

Choose a text from the suggested list. Translate it into Bulgarian. (10 pages)

Task 3:

Write a theoretical Essay (4-8 pages) on one of the following topics:

1. The Nature of language.
2. The nature of meaning and the nature of reference.
3. Linguistic phenomena:

3.1 compositionality, opacity,

3.2 tense, plurality, quantifiers,

3.3 logical constants, logical form and linguistic form.

4. Varieties of speech acts.
5. Language and Mind in the Cyberspace.
6. English Philosophy of language.
7. American philosophy and language.
8. Language and politics, language policy.
9. The Language of Science.
10. Philosophy, Language and Translation.

Task 4:

Choose a philosopher/linguist from the given list . Write a short essay on his contribution to the study of language.

Compare the English and the Bulgarian translations of the pages attached. Find out if there are any differences in their understanding.

PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE

Useful links:

—http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0cN_bpLrxk&feature=related

—http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuUAPVFFCRQ&feature=related

—http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpJcn0Otk7I

—http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/frege/

—http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/private-language/

—http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/innateness-language/

—http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/language-thought/

—http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/law-language/

—http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/idiolects/

—http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/feminism-language/

—http://consc.net/mindpapers/6

—http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/defaults-semantics-pragmatics/

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I am beginning a new series designed to serve this semester's courses at the South Western University of Bulgaria.

B.A. LIST:

• PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE
• RHETORICAL ANALYSIS
• PERSUASIVE DISCOURSE
• BRITISH CULTURAL STUDIES
• AMERICAN CULTURAL STUDIES
• ENGLISH & THE INTERNET

M.A. LIST:

• SOCIO-CULTURAL ASPECTS OF TRANSLATION
• INTERCULTURAL CODES IN ScFi
• ETHICS IN CURRENT AMERICAN FICTION