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The Semantics-Pragmatics Controversy / Kristin Börjesson.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Language, Context and Cognition ; 14Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (329 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110333374
  • 9783110372588
  • 9783110333411
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 401/.43 23
LOC classification:
  • P325.5.C6 B67 2014
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
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
Dissertation note: Zugl.: Diss. Univ. Leipzig, 2011. Summary: 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.
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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

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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.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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