Pragmatics, semantics and the case of scalar implicatures /

This book contains an advanced debate on the nature of scalar implicatures, one of the most popular topics in philosophical linguistics over the past 20 years. Leading authorities in the study of the semantics₆pragmatics interface have contributed chapters from a range of perspectives; they address...

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Main Author: Reda, Salvatore Pistoia (Author)
Corporate Author: Ebook Library
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Series:Palgrave studies in pragmatics, language, and cognition.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Some Remarks on the Scalar Implicatures Debate; Salvatore Pistoia Reda
  • 2. The Roots of (Scalar) Implicatures; Laurence Horn
  • 3. On the Roles of Markedness and Contradiction in the Use of Alternatives; Roni Katzir
  • 4. Intermediate Scalar Implicatures; Uli Sauerland
  • 5. An Account for the Homogeneity Effect Triggered by Plural Definites and Conjunction Based on Double Strengthening; Giorgio Magri
  • 6. Scalar Implicatures, Blindness and Common Knowledge; Benjamin Spector
  • 7. Pragmatic Back-and-forth Reasoning; Michael Franke and Gerhard J̃ger,
  • 8. Direct and Indirect Scalar Implicatures Share the Same Processing Signature; Alexandre Cremers and Emmanuel Chemla.