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OverviewIn recent years, quantity implicatures - a type of pragmatic inference - have been widely debated in linguistics, philosophy, and psychology, and have been subject to an enormous variety of analyses, ranging from lexical, syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic, to various hybrid accounts. In this first book-length discussion of the topic, Bart Geurts presents a theory of quantity implicatures that is resolutely pragmatic, arguing that the orthodox Gricean approach to conversational implicature is capable of accounting for all the standard cases of quantity implicature, and more. He shows how the theory deals with free-choice inferences as merely a garden variety of quantity implicatures, and gives an in-depth treatment of so-called 'embedded implicatures'. Moreover, as well as offering a comprehensive theory of quantity implicatures, he also takes into account experimental data and processing issues. Original and pioneering, and avoiding technical terminology, this insightful study will be invaluable to linguists, philosophers, and experimental psychologists alike. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Bart Geurts (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing) ISBN: 9780511975158ISBN 10: 0511975155 Publication Date: 04 February 2011 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Undefined Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviews'... a wonderfully carried out, thought-provoking theoretical study of the advertised quantity implicatures. It is a good read ... and a must for anyone interested in theoretical pragmatics.' The Linguist List This book is excellent. This applies to both presentation and content. ...a wonderfully carried out, thought-provoking theoretical study of the advertised quantity implicatures. It is a good read despite its dry subject matter, and a must for anyone interested in theoretical pragmatics. --Linguistlist.org '... a wonderfully carried out, thought-provoking theoretical study of the advertised quantity implicatures. It is a good read ... and a must for anyone interested in theoretical pragmatics.' The Linguist List Author InformationBart Geurts is based in the Department of Philosophy at Radboud University Nijmegen. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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