Semantics vs. pragmatics / / edited by Zoltan Gendler Szabo

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910953770403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, : Clarendon Press; New York, N.Y., : Oxford University Press, 2005
• ISBN: 9780191514395; 019151439X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: viii, 465 p
• Altri autori (Persone): SzabóZoltán Gendler
• Disciplina: 401/.43
• Soggetti: Semantics; Pragmatics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- 1. Context ex Machina -- 2. Radical and Moderate Pragmatics: Does Meaning Determine Truth Conditions? -- 3. Focus: A Case Study on the Semantics-Pragmatics Boundary -- 4. Semantics, Pragmatics, and the Role of Semantic Content -- 5. Pragmatism and Binding -- 6. Deixis and Anaphora -- 7. Two Conceptions of Semantics -- 8. Presupposition and Relevance -- 9. Naming and Asserting -- 10. In Defense of Non-Sentential Assertion -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
• Sommario/riassunto: Leading scholars in the philosophy of language and theoretical linguistics present brand-new papers on a major topic at the intersection of the two fields, the distinction between semantics and pragmatics. Anyone engaged with this issue in either discipline will find much to reward their attention here.Contributors: Kent Bach, Herman Cappelen, Michael Glanzberg, Jeffrey C. King, Ernie Lepore, Stephen Neale, F. Recanati, Nathan Salmon, Mandy Simons, Scott Soames, Robert J. Stainton, Jason Stanley, Zoltan Gendler Szabo.