Truth-conditional pragmatics [electronic resource] /
by R�ecanati, Fran�cois.
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BookPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010Description: 1 online resource.ISBN: 9780191710223 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Pragmatics | Speech acts (Linguistics) | Pragmatics -- Case studies | Speech acts (Linguistics) -- Case studiesOnline resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Recanati argues against the traditional understanding of the semantics/pragmatics divide. Through half a dozen case studies he shows that 'pragmatic modulation' interacts with the grammar-driven process of semantic composition. As a result what an utterance says cannot be neatly separated from what the speaker means.
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Recanati argues against the traditional understanding of the semantics/pragmatics divide. Through half a dozen case studies he shows that 'pragmatic modulation' interacts with the grammar-driven process of semantic composition. As a result what an utterance says cannot be neatly separated from what the speaker means.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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