Truth-conditional pragmatics /

Recanati argues against the traditional understanding of the semantics/pragmatics divide. Through half a dozen case studies, he shows that 'pragmatic modulation' interacts with the grammar-driven process of semantic composition. As a result, what an utterance says cannot be neatly separate...

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Main Author: Récanati, François, 1952-
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Recanati argues against the traditional understanding of the semantics/pragmatics divide. Through half a dozen case studies, he shows that 'pragmatic modulation' interacts with the grammar-driven process of semantic composition. As a result, what an utterance says cannot be neatly separated from what the speaker means.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vii, 324 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199226993
0199226997
9780191710223
0191710229