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Logic, meaning, and conversation : semantical underdeterminacy, implicature, and their interface /

Focusing on pragmatics, this work examines verbal ambiguity and verbal generality whilst providing a detailed theory of conversational implicature using the work of Paul Grice as a starting point.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Atlas, Jay David
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Series:OUP E-Books.
Subjects:
Pragmatics.
Semantics (Philosophy)
Language and languages > Philosophy.
Pragmatique.
Sémantique (Philosophie)
Langage et langues > Philosophie.
pragmatics.
PHILOSOPHY > Epistemology.
Language and languages > Philosophy
Pragmatics
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Focusing on pragmatics, this work examines verbal ambiguity and verbal generality whilst providing a detailed theory of conversational implicature using the work of Paul Grice as a starting point.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 284 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-272) and index.
ISBN:1423719948
9781423719946
9780199850181
0199850186
9780195133004
0195133005
128070425X
9781280704253
9786610704255
6610704252
0195350944
9780195350944