Context-sensitivity and semantic minimalism : new essays on semantics and pragmatics / edited by Gerhard Preyer and Georg Peter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Preyer, Gerhard.

Peter, Georg.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Semantics.

Minimalist theory (Linguistics).

Context (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

viii, 363 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Summary:

------------------------------------------------------------ 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 combination of semantic minimalism and speech act pluralism. Using this theory as their starting point, the contributors to this volume develop a variety of different views about the role of context in communication, and reveal its wide-ranging implications for all issues in the philosophy of language and linguistics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199213320

0199213321

9780199213313

0199213313

OCLC:

140100795