Language, Meaning and Correspondence: A Discourse in the Philosophy of Language

Abstract

Philosophy of language is interested in philosophical questions about the structure of language, the meanings of terms and sentences, the relationship between language and the world, language and thought, language use and communication. An important aspect of language that philosophy and language both interrogate is the theory of meaning. It is this disposition that informs the intention of this paper to interrogate the ontology of the correspondence theory of meaning using the critical analytic method. From using this critical analytic method, it was palpable based on the findings that despite the various objections to the correspondence theory of meaning, it is still one of the foremost theories of meaning. This finding is predicated on the fact that this theory of meaning is quite existential and tallies more with most language settings and schemes, formal and informal. More still, it seems to make more meaning to all, both professionals and others.