Format:
1 Online-Ressource (viii, 179 pages)
ISBN:
0511067313
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0511615388
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0511069448
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9780511067310
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9780511615382
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9780511069444
Content:
1. Two approaches to 'what is said' -- 2. Primary pragmatic processes -- 3. Relevene-theoretic objections -- 4. The syncretic view -- 5. Nonliteral uses -- 6. From literalism to contextualism -- 7. Indexicalism and the finding fallacy -- 8. Circumstances of evaluation -- 9. Contextualism : How far can we go?
Content:
Do we need pragmatics to fix truth-conditions? What is 'literal meaning'? To what extent is semantic composition a creative process? How pervasive is context-sensitivity? François Recanati defends 'contextualism' and offers an informed survey of the spectrum of positions held by linguists and philosophers working at the semantics/pragmatics interface
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-174) and index
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English
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Récanati, François, 1952- Literal meaning Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004
Language:
English
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