Now published in two volumes, the second edition of the best-selling Companion to the Philosophy of Language provides a complete survey of contemporary philosophy of language. The Companion has been greatly expanded and now includes 17 new essays, and almost all of the 25 original chapters have been updated to take account of recent developments in the field. In addition to providing a synoptic view of the key issues, figures, and concepts, each essay introduces new and original contributions to ongoing debates in the field. Others address a number of new areas of interest, including two-dimensional semantics, modality and epistemic modals, and semantic relationism. The extended "state-of-the-art" chapter format allows the authors, all of whom are internationally-eminent scholars in the field, to incorporate original research to a far greater degree than competing volumes. Unrivalled in scope, A Companion to the Philosophy of Language, Second Edition represents the best contemporary thought in the philosophy of language. Bob Hale is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Sheffield. He is a member of the editorial board of Philosophia Mathematica. Crispin Wright is Professor of Philosophy at New York University and Professor of Philosophical Research at the University of Stirling. Alexander Miller is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Otago, New Zealand. --Book Jacket.