03681nam 2200625 450 991046307580332120200520144314.090-04-25317-310.1163/9789004253179(CKB)2670000000395214(EBL)1642205(SSID)ssj0001180550(PQKBManifestationID)11665606(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001180550(PQKBWorkID)11139046(PQKB)10005349(MiAaPQ)EBC1642205(OCoLC)515436835(OCoLC)660510099(nllekb)BRILL9789004253179(Au-PeEL)EBL1642205(CaPaEBR)ebr10843946(CaONFJC)MIL578387(OCoLC)871781012(EXLCZ)99267000000039521420140314d2010 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA theory of conventional implicature and pragmatic markers in Chinese /by Guangwe Feng, Faculty of English language and culture, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, People's Republic of ChinaFirst edition.Bingley, UK :Emerald,2010.1 online resource (258 p.)Current research in the semantics/pragmatics interface,1472-7870Revision of work originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph.D)--University of Reading, 2006.1-84950-934-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preliminary Material -- 1: Introduction -- 2: Grice’s Theory of Meaning -- 3: Conventional Implicature: Some Preliminaries -- 4: Conventional Implicature: Towards a Theory -- 5: Pragmatic Markers in Chinese -- 6: Major Approaches to Pragmatic Markers -- 7: Pragmatic Markers and Conventional Implicature -- 8: Conclusions -- References -- Conventions, Notations and Abbreviations -- Index.The overall aim of this book is to advance a Gricean theoretical framework of conventional implicature within which Chinese pragmatic markers can be accommodated. It has two linked objectives. Firstly it sets out to advance a theory of conventional implicature. Conventional implicature is itself a highly controversial term, understood very differently by various brands of contemporary pragmatic theory, and is a pivotal concept in the debates between the Gricean and Neo-Gricean theorists on the one hand and proponents of Relevance Theory on the other. This book offers an exemplary analysis and definition of what is involved in these current debates, and it both clarifies and 'problematises' a large range of associated issues. The second objective is to offer a principled and systematic analysis of pragmatic markers in Chinese. Markers of this sort (and a range of interconnnected categories including discourse particles) have been the subject of intense investigation in recent years, and this detailed study of Chinese markers is a contribution in this area which is of substantial importance, both theoretical and empirical.Current research in the semantics/pragmatics interface.Chinese languageDiscourse analysisChinese languageSemanticsElectronic books.Chinese languageDiscourse analysis.Chinese languageSemantics.495.10141Feng Guangwu958687MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463075803321A theory of conventional implicature and pragmatic markers in Chinese2172296UNINA