Overview

This volume examines the questions 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 extremely rarely in terms of both. This book shows how revealing analyses for this interface can be provided for the expressions in question. In specially commissioned chapters, the points of view represented include linguistics, logic, computational linguistics, and philosophy.

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Author:   Ken Turner
Publisher:   HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:   Brassey's (UK) Ltd
Volume:   1
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.001kg
ISBN:  

9780080430805

ISBN 10:   0080430805
Pages:   504
Publication Date:   18 June 1999
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Author Index Introduction - From a certain point of view (seven inch version), K. Turner Discourse structure and the logic of conversation, N. Asher On the semantic and pragmatic polyfunctionality of modal verbs, J. van der Auwera The semantics-pragmatics distinction: what it is and why it matters, K. Bach The semantics/pragmatics distinction: a view from relevance theory, R. Carston English indefinite noun phrases and plurality, B.S. Gillon Towards a model of situated discourse analysis, Yueguo Gu Semantics vs. pragmatics: ANY in game-theoretical semantics, M. Hand Default semantics, pragmatics, and intentions, K.M. Jaszczolt On the semantics and pragmatics of ""Identifier So"", A. Kehler, G. Ward At least some determiners aren't determiners, M. Krifka On an illocutionary connective datte, Susumu Kubo Contrastive topic: a locus of interface evidence from Korean and English, Chungmin Lee The pragmatics of signs, the semantics of relevance, and the semantics/pragmatics interface, F. Nemo The pragmatization of semantics, J. Peregrin Does it make any sense? Updating + consistency checking, A. Ramsay"

Reviews

Dr Francisco Yus, LINGUIST List 10.1596: ...the reader will find no 'philosopher's stone' to satisfy everyone but, rather, different points of view illustrating where in a hypothetical semantic/pragmatic continuum [the] interface lies. It is precisely this multiplicity of perspectives and instructive lack of agreement that I find most interesting in this book... highly recommendable reading for anybody interested in the roles that semantics and pragmatics play in the production and comprehension of language. The book avoids reductionist views of semantics and pragmatics and acknowledges a more adequate role of pragmatics beyond the cliche wastebasket of semantics. It offers fifteen interesting views of where a hypothetical interface between them might possibly occur, and no claim is made (by the editor) about the superiority of any of these views upon the rest... [Readers] are also invited to take part in this discussion and contribute to this series which has just - and fortunately - been initiated. Marina Terkourafi, Journal of Pragmatics, volume 35, issue 2: ...the volume stands up to its avowed aim, providing an up-to-date picture of work carried out on both sides of the semantics/pragmatics interface, as well as on the interface itself...a volume which deserves to be on any (in the universal sense) semanticist's/pragmaticist's shelf.

"Dr Francisco Yus, LINGUIST List 10.1596: ...the reader will find no 'philosopher's stone' to satisfy everyone but, rather, ""different points of view"" illustrating where in a hypothetical semantic/pragmatic continuum [the] interface lies. It is precisely this multiplicity of perspectives and instructive lack of agreement that I find most interesting in this book... highly recommendable reading for anybody interested in the roles that semantics and pragmatics play in the production and comprehension of language. The book avoids reductionist views of semantics and pragmatics and acknowledges a more adequate role of pragmatics beyond the cliche ""wastebasket"" of semantics. It offers fifteen interesting views of where a hypothetical interface between them might possibly occur, and no claim is made (by the editor) about the superiority of any of these views upon the rest... [Readers] are also invited to take part in this discussion and contribute to this series which has just - and fortunately - been initiated. Marina Terkourafi, Journal of Pragmatics, volume 35, issue 2: ...the volume stands up to its avowed aim, providing an up-to-date picture of work carried out on both sides of the semantics/pragmatics interface, as well as on the interface itself...a volume which deserves to be on any (in the universal sense) semanticist's/pragmaticist's shelf."

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