Philosophy of Language Links
Useful list maintained by Tom Ryckman.
Papers in the Philosophy of Language
From the 20th World Congress of Philosophy (Boston, 1998).
Pragmatism and the Philosophy of Language
Essay by Danielle Macbeth, originally published in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research.
The Semantics-Pragmatics Distinction: What It Is and Why It Matters
Online essay by Kent Bach.
Speech Acts
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry by Kent Bach.
Towards a History of Speech Act Theory
Survey by Barry Smith.
Russell's Theory of Descriptions
Explication by Thomas C Ryckman.
The Private Language Argument
Discussion by Philip Thonemann of Wittgenstein's argument.
Introduction to Semantics: the Sense/Reference Distinction"
Richard Spencer-Smith's explication of Frege's distinction.
The Metaphysics of Words
Article by Roy A Sorensen on semantic indeterminacy.
Vagueness
Structured course (with links to online papers) exploring the possible boundaries of vagueness and its implications for pragmatics and linguistic theories of meaning. Compiled by Chris Kennedy of the University of Chicago.