Abstract:Philosophers have raised and struggled with questions relating to human language for more than 2000 years. Philosophy of Language: The Key Thinkers offers a comprehensive historical overview of this fascinating field. Thirteen specially commissioned essays introduce and explore the contributions of those philosophers who have shaped the subject and the centralissues and arguments therein. Philosophical questions relating to language have been subjected to particularlyintense scrutiny since the work of Gottlob Frege in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This book concentrates