TY  - BOOK
AU  - Börjesson,Kristin
TI  - The Semantics-Pragmatics Controversy
T2  - Language, Context and Cognition ,
SN  - 9783110333374
AV  - P325.5.C6 B67 2014
U1  - 401/.43 23
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Berlin, Boston
PB  - De Gruyter
KW  - Contrastive linguistics
KW  - Discourse analysis
KW  - Pragmatics
KW  - Semantics, Comparative
KW  - Speech acts (Linguistics)
KW  - Pragmatik
KW  - Semantik
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Semantics
N1  - Zugl.: Diss. Univ. Leipzig, 2011; Frontmatter --; Acknowledgements --; Contents --; 1. Introduction --; 2. Against the Standard Notions of Literal Meaning and Non-literal Meaning --; 3. Utterance Meaning and the Literal/Non-literal Distinction --; 4. Utterance Meaning and Communicative Sense – Two Levels or One? --; 5. Varieties of Meaning, Context and the Semantics/Pragmatics Distinction --; 6. Summary --; List of Figures --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - Currently, there is a great number of approaches to the semantics-pragmatics distinction on the market. This book is unique in that it offers a comprehensive overview, comparison and critical evaluation of these approaches. Taking as a starting point the notorious difficulty of differentiating so-called literal from non-literal (or figurative) meaning, it covers a wide range of the key current topics in semantics and pragmatics, e.g., the saying/meaning distinction, minimalism vs. contextualism, unarticulated constituents, indexicalism, (generalised) conversational implicatures, speech acts, levels of meaning in interpretation, the role of context in interpretation, the nature of lexical meaning. Notably, rather than taking a solely theoretical perspective, the book integrates psycho- and neurolinguistic perspectives, considering experimental results concerning the (differences in) processing of the various types of meaning covered. In terms of topics covered and perspectives taken, it is equally well suited for undergraduate as well as postgraduate students of linguistics and/or philosophy of language
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110333411
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110333411
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110333411/original
ER  -