UID:
almahu_9949481574202882
Format:
1 online resource (157 p.)
ISBN:
9781614510826
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9783110238570
Series Statement:
Mouton Series in Pragmatics [MSP] , 13
Content:
Jonathan Berg argues for the Theory of Direct Belief, which treats having a belief about an individual as an unmediated relation between the believer and the individual the belief is about. After a critical review of alternative positions, Berg uses Grice's theory of conversational implicature to provide a detailed pragmatic account of substitution failure in belief ascriptions and goes on to defend this view against objections, including those based on an unwarranted "Inner Speech" Picture of Thought. The work serves as a case study in pragmatic explanation, dealing also with methodological issues about context-sensitivity in language and the relation between semantics and pragmatics.
Note:
Frontmatter --
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Preface --
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Acknowledgements --
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Contents --
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Introduction --
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Chapter 1. The instability of belief ascriptions (and how not to explain it) --
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Chapter 2. The pragmatics of substitutivity --
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Chapter 3. Conceptions, belief, and "inner speech" --
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References --
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Index
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Issued also in print.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
In:
DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1, De Gruyter, 9783110238570
In:
DGBA Backlist Philosophy 2000-2014 (EN), De Gruyter, 9783110238488
In:
DGBA Linguistics and Semiotics 2000 - 2014, De Gruyter, 9783110636970
In:
De Gruyter Mouton Backlist 2000-2015, De Gruyter, 9783110742961
In:
E-BOOK GESAMTPAKET / COMPLETE PACKAGE 2012, De Gruyter, 9783110288995
In:
E-BOOK PACKAGE ENGLISH LINGUISTICS AND LITERATURE 2012, De Gruyter, 9783110288902
In:
E-BOOK PAKET LINGUISTIK UND LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT 2012, De Gruyter, 9783110288896
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781614510901
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
DOI:
10.1515/9781614510826
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614510826
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781614510826
