《当代语言哲学纲要（第三版）》是美国哲学家威廉·G. 莱肯的经典代表作，凭借其很好的学术价值与实用性，自首版问世以来一直是北美多所大学“语言哲学”课程的推荐教材。本书紧扣语言哲学的核心主题，即意义问题，集中介绍了极具代表性的哲学理论与相关争议，从指称与指称行为、意义理论、语用学与言语行为、表达与修辞这四方面进行论述。本书编排合理，每章结构统一，还配有思考题与拓展阅读，引导学生深入探究，拓宽学术视野。

Preface
Acknowledgments for the Third Edition
1 Introduction: Meaning and Reference 1
PART I Reference and Referring 7
2 Definite Descriptions 9
3 Proper Names: The Description Theory 31
4 Proper Names: Direct Reference and the Causal–Historical Theory 45
PART II Theories of Meaning 67
5 Traditional Theories of Meaning 69
6 “Use” Theories 79
7 Psychological Theories: Grice’s Program 90
8 Verificationism 103
9 Truth-Condition Theories: Davidson’s Program 114
10 Truth-Condition Theories: Possible Worlds and Intensional Semantics 129
PART III Pragmatics and Speech Acts 139
11 Semantic Pragmatics 141
12 Speech Acts and Illocutionary Force 150
13 Implicative Relations 162
PART IV The Expressive and the Figurative 181
14 Expressive Language 183
15 Metaphor 196
Glossary 215
Bibliography 218
Index 233