Theories springing mainly from Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), that the meaning of a word or sentence is to be sought in its use, not in its correspondence to some entity (as naming and correspondence theories of meaning in general imply).
The use in question normally means actual usage, but may also refer to an alleged correct usage; or the meaning of a word may be explained in terms of rules for its use (also see: de facto and de jure theories of meaning).
Sometimes such theories were regarded not so much as theories of meaning but as replacing theories of meaning, as in the slogan ‘Don’t ask for the meaning, ask for the use’ (common in the heyday of linguistic philosophy, with which use theories were closely associated).
It may be objected, however, that use is indeed different from meaning, but cannot simply replace it since it presupposes it.
Source:
L Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations (1952), especially part 1, p.1-43
Table of Contents
- 1 Videos
- 2 Related Products
- 2.1 Intermediate Grammar: From Form to Meaning and Use Student Book
- 2.2 Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype
- 2.3 The Secret Lives of Color
- 2.4 Man's Search For Meaning, Gift Edition
- 2.5 The Claude Glass: Use and Meaning of the Black Mirror in Western Art (Zone Books)
- 2.6 The Place of Stone Monuments: Context, Use, and Meaning in Mesoamerica's Preclassic Transition (Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia)
- 2.7 Validity
- 2.8 Walking with God through Pain and Suffering
- 2.9 How to Create and Use Rubrics for Formative Assessment and Grading
- 2.10 Color - Messages & Meanings: A PANTONE Color Resource
- de facto and de jure theories of meaning
- naming theories of meaning
- ideational theories of meaning
- causal theories of meaning
- correspondence or relational theories of meaning
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Intermediate Grammar: From Form to Meaning and Use Student Book
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Validity
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