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Dictionary of language and linguistics 734Dummett, M.A.E. 1975. What is a theory of meaning? In S.Guttenplan (ed), Mind and Language:Wolfson College Lectures, 1974. Oxford. 97–138.——1976. What is a theory of meaning? (II). In G.Evans and J.McDowell (eds), Truth andmeaning: essays in semantics. Oxford. 67–137.Fodor, J.D. 1977. Semantics. New York.Garza-Cuarón, B. 1991. Connotation and meaning. Berlin and New York.Horwich, P. 1990. Wittgenstein and Kripke on the nature of meaning. Mind and Language 5.105–21.Hudson, R. 1995. Word meaning. London.Kefer. M. and J.van der Auwera (eds) 1992. Meaning and grammar. Berlin and New York.Leech, G.N. 1974. Semantics. Harmondsworth.Leisi, E. 1952. Der Wortinhalt: seine Struktur im Deutschen und Englischen. Heidelberg. (5th edn1975.)Lyons, J. 1977. Semantics, 2 vols. Cambridge.——1981. Language, meaning and context. London.Ogden, C.K. and I.A.Richards. 1923. The meaning of meaning. New York. (10th edn London,1966.)Palmer, F. 1976. Semantics: a new outline. Cambridge.Putnam, H. 1975. The meaning of meaning. In K. Gunderson (ed.), Language, mind andknowledge. Minneapolis, MN. 131–93. (Also in H.Putnam, Mind, language and reality:philosophical papers. Cambridge. Vol. 2, 215–71.)Ullmann, S. 1951. The principles of semantics. Oxford. (2nd edn 1957.)Wittgenstein, L. 1953. Philosophical investigations. Oxford. (Repr. 1963.)semanticsmeaning as useSemantic theory developed by Wittgenstein (1953) in connection with ordinarylanguage philosophy according to which the meaning of a linguistic expression isequivalent to its function or use within a known context: ‘For a large class of cases—though not for all—in which we employ the word ‘meaning’ it can be defined thus: themeaning of a word is its use in the language.’ Wittgenstein’s abandonment of thepsychological and mental aspects of the concept of meaning as well as of the referentialrelation to reality is the foundation of a pragmatic understanding of the concept ofmeaning; the rule-governed use of linguistic expressions corresponds to their meaning.This identification of use with meaning has not remained without criticism (see Antal,Pitcher, and Katz).ReferencesAntal, L. 1963. Questions of meaning. The Hague.——1964. Content, meaning and understanding. The Hague.Katz, J.J. 1966. The philosophy of language. New York.Pitcher, G. 1964. The philosophy of Wittgenstein. Englewood Cliffs, NJ.