03478nam 2200637 a 450 991078498940332120230721030945.01-383-03508-31-281-14919-597866111491920-19-152663-0(CKB)1000000000407049(EBL)415199(OCoLC)476240839(SSID)ssj0000129921(PQKBManifestationID)11142514(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000129921(PQKBWorkID)10080179(PQKB)11744072(Au-PeEL)EBL415199(CaPaEBR)ebr10212234(CaONFJC)MIL114919(MiAaPQ)EBC415199(EXLCZ)99100000000040704920070522d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrContext-sensitivity and semantic minimalism[electronic resource] new essays on semantics and pragmatics /edited by Gerhard Preyer and Georg PeterOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20071 online resource (374 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-921331-3 0-19-921332-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Contributors; INTRODUCTION; Semantics and Pragmatics: Some Central Issues; I. THE DEFENCE OF MODERATE CONTEXTUALISM; 1. Content, Context, and Composition; 2. A Little Sensitivity Goes a Long Way; 3. Radical Minimalism, Moderate Contextualism; 4. How and Why to be a Moderate Contextualist; 5. Moderately Sensitive Semantics; 6. Sense and Insensibility Or Where Minimalism Meets Contextualism; 7. Prudent Semantics Meets Wanton Speech Act Pluralism; II. ON CRITIQUES OF SEMANTIC MINIMALISM; 8. Meanings, Propositions, Context, and Semantical Underdeterminacy9. Semantic Minimalism and Nonindexical Contextualism10. Minimal (Disagreement about) Semantics; 11. Minimal Propositions, Cognitive Safety Mechanisms, and Psychological Reality; 12. Minimalism and Modularity; 13. Minimalism, Psychological Reality, Meaning, and Use; BACK TO SEMANTIC MINIMALISM; 14. Minimalism versus Contextualism in Semantics; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; P; R; S; T; V; W; ZFifteen specially written papers examine the ways in which the content of what we say is dependent on the context in which we say it. At the centre of the debate is Cappelen and Lepore's claim that context-sensitivity in language is best captured by a combination of semantic minimalism and speech act pluralism. - ;Fifteen specially written papers examine the ways in which the content of what we say is dependent on the context in which we say it. At the centre of the current debate on this subject is Cappelen and Lepore's claim that context-sensitivity in language is best captured by a combinatSemanticsMinimalist theory (Linguistics)Context (Linguistics)Semantics.Minimalist theory (Linguistics)Context (Linguistics)401/.43Preyer Gerhard527341Peter Georg1542265MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784989403321Context-sensitivity and semantic minimalism3794847UNINA