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Accentuation and Interpretation
Av H. Schmitz
Inbunden, 2008
635 kr
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Develops a highly original theory of accentuation in which accentuation serves the mere pragmatic function of making utterances well comprehensible. Semantic effects of accentuation are explained as epiphenomena of pragmatic accentuation. The theory is formally elaborated in a model-theoretic …
Presupposition and Implicature in Compositional Semantics
Inbunden, 2007
1098 kr
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All humans can interpret sentences of their native language quickly and without effort. Working from the perspective of generative grammar, the contributors to this volume investigate three mental mechanisms, widely assumed to underlie this ability: compositional semantics, implicature computation …
Language, Thought and Reference
Av G. Powell
Inbunden, 2010
569 kr
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How should we analyse the meaning of proper names, indexicals, demonstratives and definite descriptions? What relation do such expressions stand to the objects they designate or to mental representations of those objects? George Powell casts new light on these and other questions by approaching …
Vagueness and Language Use
Av P. Égré, N. Klinedinst
Inbunden, 2011
569 kr
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This volume brings together twelve papers by linguists and philosophers contributing novel empirical and formal considerations to theorizing about vagueness. Three main issues are addressed: gradable expressions and comparison, the semantics of degree adverbs and intensifiers (such as 'clearly'), …
Alternatives in Semantics
Av A. Falaus
Inbunden, 2013
569 kr
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This volume offers a survey of the use of alternatives in semantics and pragmatics, and an overview of current approaches and applications of alternative-based semantics, from both theoretical and experimental perspectives.
Explicit Communication
Robyn Carston's Pragmatics
Av Esther Soria, Belén, Romero m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
569 kr
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This collection brings about a current interdisciplinary debate on explicit communication. With Robyn Carston's pragmatics at the core of the discussion, special attention is drawn to linguistic under-determinacy, the explicit/implicit divide and also to the construction or recruitment of concepts …
Assertion
Av M. Jary
Inbunden, 2010
569 kr
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Assertion is a term frequently used in linguistics and philosophy but rarely defined. This in-depth study surveys and synthesizes a range of philosophical, linguistic and psychological literature on the topic, and then presents a detailed account of the cognitive processes involved in the …
Semantics and Pragmatics
From Experiment to Theory
Inbunden, 2009
1131 kr
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This volume comprises thirteen original research papers and three overview papers presenting new work using a number of experimental techniques from psycho- and neurolinguistics in the three key areas of current semantics and pragmatics: implicature, negation and presupposition.
Meaning and Analysis: New Essays on Grice
Inbunden, 2010
569 kr
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The anthology 'Meaning and Analysis' addresses the key topics of H. Paul Grice's philosophy of language, such as rationality, non-natural meaning, communicative actions, conversational implicatures, the semantics-pragmatics distinction and recent debates concerning minimalist versus contextualist …
Linguistic Meaning, Truth Conditions and Relevance
Av C. Iten
Inbunden, 2005
1131 kr
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The main argument of this book is that the notion of truth plays no role in speaker-hearers' interpretation of linguistic utterances and that it is not needed for theoretical accounts of linguistic meaning either. The theoretical argument is developed in the first part, while the second part …
Pragmatic Literary Stylistics
Av S. Chapman, B. Clark
Inbunden, 2014
635 kr
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In considering the ways in which current theories of language in use and communicative processes are applied to the analysis, interpretation and definition of literary texts, this book sets an agenda for the future of pragmatic literary stylistics and provides a foundation for future research and …
Pragmatics, Semantics and the Case of Scalar Implicatures
Av Kenneth A. Loparo, Salvatore Pistoia Reda m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
1131 kr
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This book is an advanced debate on the nature of scalar implicatures, one of the most popular topics in philosophical linguistics in the last 20 years. Leading theorists in the field offer an up-to-date presentation of the subject in a way that will help readers to orient themselves in the vast …
Truth without Predication
The Role of Placing in the Existential There-Sentence
Av R. Szekely
Inbunden, 2015
569 kr
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This book contains an original analysis of the existential there-sentence from a philosophical-linguistic perspective. At its core is the claim that there-sentences' form is distinct from that of ordinary subject–predicate sentences, and that this fundamental difference explains the construction's …
Presuppositions and Cognitive Processes
Understanding the Information Taken for Granted
Inbunden, 2016
607 kr
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This book breaks new ground towards an understanding of the mental processes involved in presupposition, the comprehension of information taken for granted. Various psycholinguistic experiments are discussed to support the idea that involved in ordinary language comprehension are complex and …
Accentuation and Interpretation
Av H. Schmitz
Häftad, 2008
635 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Develops a highly original theory of accentuation in which accentuation serves the mere pragmatic function of making utterances well comprehensible. Semantic effects of accentuation are explained as epiphenomena of pragmatic accentuation. The theory is formally elaborated in a model-theoretic …
Presupposition and Implicature in Compositional Semantics
Häftad, 2007
1098 kr
Lägg i varukorg
All humans can interpret sentences of their native language quickly and without effort. Working from the perspective of generative grammar, the contributors to this volume investigate three mental mechanisms, widely assumed to underlie this ability: compositional semantics, implicature computation …
Language, Thought and Reference
Av G. Powell
Häftad, 2010
569 kr
Lägg i varukorg
How should we analyse the meaning of proper names, indexicals, demonstratives and definite descriptions? What relation do such expressions stand to the objects they designate or to mental representations of those objects? George Powell casts new light on these and other questions by approaching …
Vagueness and Language Use
Av P. Égré, N. Klinedinst
Häftad, 2011
552 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This volume brings together twelve papers by linguists and philosophers contributing novel empirical and formal considerations to theorizing about vagueness. Three main issues are addressed: gradable expressions and comparison, the semantics of degree adverbs and intensifiers (such as 'clearly'), …
Explicit Communication
Robyn Carston's Pragmatics
Häftad, 2010
552 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This collection brings about a current interdisciplinary debate on explicit communication. With Robyn Carston's pragmatics at the core of the discussion, special attention is drawn to linguistic under-determinacy, the explicit/implicit divide and also to the construction or recruitment of concepts …
Assertion
Av M. Jary
Häftad, 2010
552 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Assertion is a term frequently used in linguistics and philosophy but rarely defined. This in-depth study surveys and synthesizes a range of philosophical, linguistic and psychological literature on the topic, and then presents a detailed account of the cognitive processes involved in the …
Meaning and Analysis: New Essays on Grice
Häftad, 2010
607 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The anthology 'Meaning and Analysis' addresses the key topics of H. Paul Grice's philosophy of language, such as rationality, non-natural meaning, communicative actions, conversational implicatures, the semantics-pragmatics distinction and recent debates concerning minimalist versus contextualist …
Linguistic Meaning, Truth Conditions and Relevance
Häftad, 2005
1131 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The main argument of this book is that the notion of truth plays no role in speaker-hearers' interpretation of linguistic utterances and that it is not needed for theoretical accounts of linguistic meaning either. The theoretical argument is developed in the first part, while the second part …
Pragmatic Literary Stylistics
Av S. Chapman, B. Clark
Häftad, 2014
635 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In considering the ways in which current theories of language in use and communicative processes are applied to the analysis, interpretation and definition of literary texts, this book sets an agenda for the future of pragmatic literary stylistics and provides a foundation for future research and …
Pragmatics, Semantics and the Case of Scalar Implicatures
Av Salvatore Pistoia Reda, Kenneth A. Loparo m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
1131 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book is an advanced debate on the nature of scalar implicatures, one of the most popular topics in philosophical linguistics in the last 20 years. Leading theorists in the field offer an up-to-date presentation of the subject in a way that will help readers to orient themselves in the vast …
Truth without Predication
The Role of Placing in the Existential There-Sentence
Av R. Szekely
Häftad, 2015
569 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book contains an original analysis of the existential there-sentence from a philosophical-linguistic perspective. At its core is the claim that there-sentences' form is distinct from that of ordinary subject–predicate sentences, and that this fundamental difference explains the construction's …
Optimality Theory and Pragmatics
Av Reinhard Blutner, Anne Bezuidenhout m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
552 kr
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Ten leading scholars provide exacting research results and a reliable and accessible introduction to the new field of optimality theoretic pragmatics. The book includes a general introduction that overviews the foundations of this new research paradigm. The book is intended to satisfy the needs of …
Game Theory and Pragmatics
Häftad, 2005
1098 kr
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Rooted in Gricean tradition, this book concentrates on game- and decision-theoretic (GDT) approaches to the foundations of pragmatics. An Introduction to GDT, with an overview of GDT pragmatics research to date and its relation to semantics and to Gricean pragmatics is followed by contributions …
Unaccusative Verbs in Romance Languages
Av I. Mackenzie
Häftad, 2006
569 kr
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The author questions the status quo in Romance linguistics. The Ergative/Unaccusative syntactic approach has been accepted as the orthodox analytical paradigm. He re-examines both the theoretical imperative and the empirical evidence for that approach, drawing on a large amount of new and …
Optimality Theory and Pragmatics
Av Reinhard Blutner, Anne Bezuidenhout m. fl.
Inbunden, 2003
569 kr
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Ten leading scholars provide exacting research results and a reliable and accessible introduction to the new field of optimality theoretic pragmatics. The book includes a general introduction that overviews the foundations of this new research paradigm. The book is intended to satisfy the needs of …
Experimental Pragmatics
Av I. Noveck, D. Sperber
Inbunden, 2004
1098 kr
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How do we understand what we are told, resolve ambiguities, appreciate metaphor and irony, and grasp both explicit and implicit content in verbal communication? This book provides the first comprehensive introduction to an exciting new field in which models of language and meaning are tested and …
