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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817669803321

Autore

Stanley Jason

Titolo

Language in context [[electronic resource] ] : selected essays / / Jason Stanley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Clarendon Press ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

1-383-03599-7

1-281-14990-X

9786611149901

0-19-152755-6

1-4356-0697-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (275 p.)

Disciplina

401/.43

Soggetti

Context (Linguistics)

Semantics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1. Context and Logical Form; 2. On Quantifier Domain Restriction; 3. Nominal Restriction; 4. Semantics, Pragmatics, and the Role of Semantic Content; 5. Making it Articulated; 6. Semantics in Context; 7. Review of François Recanati's Literal Meaning; Postscript; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Jason Stanley presents a series of essays which develop a theory of how the situation in which we speak interacts with the words we use to help produce what we say. Clear and concise throughout, Language in Context will be of interest to philosophers, linguists, and cognitive scientists who work on language acquisition, production, and interpretation. - ;Natural languages all contain constructions the interpretation of which depends upon the situation in which they are used. In Language and Context, Jason Stanley presents a series of essays which develop a theory of how the situation in which