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OverviewThis book revives the study of conventional implicatures in natural language semantics. H. Paul Grice first defined the concept. Since then his definition has seen much use and many redefinitions, but it has never enjoyed a stable place in linguistic theory. Christopher Potts returns to the original and uses it as a key into two presently under-studied areas of natural language: supplements (appositives, parentheticals) and expressives (e.g., honorifics, epithets). The account of both depends on a theory in which sentence meanings can be multidimensional. The theory is logically and intuitively compositional, and it minimally extends a familiar kind of intensional logic, thereby providing an adaptable, highly useful tool for semantic analysis. The result is a linguistic theory that is accessible not only to linguists of all stripes, but also philosophers of language, logicians, and computer scientists who have linguistic applications in mind. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Christopher Potts (University of Massachusetts)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Volume: 7 Dimensions: Width: 16.30cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 24.20cm Weight: 0.540kg ISBN: 9780199273829ISBN 10: 0199273820 Pages: 264 Publication Date: 09 December 2004 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: A Preliminary Case for Conventional Implicatures 3: A Logic for Conventional Implicatures 4: Supplements 5: Expressive Content 6: The Supplement Relation: A Syntactic Analysis 7: A Look Outside Grice's Definition Appendix BibliographyReviewsa virtuosic blend of astute descriptive observations and technically sophisticated formulations. * Kent Bach, Journal of Linguistics * a virtuosic blend of astute descriptive observations and technically sophisticated formulations. Kent Bach, Journal of Linguistics Author InformationChristopher Potts is Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He earned his PhD in Linguistics from the University of California, Santa Cruz, in 2003. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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