The semantics/pragmatics interface from different points of view /

"This volume examines explicitly the question of how the semantics and pragmatics of a number of expressions might be responsibly discussed. In the past, the temptation has been for the expressions in question to be discussed either in terms of the semantics, or in terms of the pragmatics, but...

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Other Authors: Turner, Ken, 1956-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Elsevier, 1999.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Current research in the semantics/pragmatics interface ; v. 1.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • from a certain point of view (seven inch version) / K. Turner
  • 1. Discourse structure and the logic of conversation / N. Asher
  • 2. On the semantic and pragmatic polyfunctionality of modal verbs / J. van der Auwera
  • 3. The semantics-pragmatics distinction: What it is and why it matters / K. Bach
  • 4. The semantics/pragmatics distinction: A view from relevance theory / R. Carston
  • 5. English indefinite noun phrases and plurality / B.S. Gillon
  • 6. Towards a model of situated discourse analysis / Y. Gu
  • 7. Semantics vs. pragmatics: ANY in game-theoretical semantics / M. Hand
  • 8. Default semantics, pragmatics, and intentions / K.M. Jaszczolt.