Pragmatics, semantics and the case of scalar implicatures / edited by Salvatore Pistoia Reda.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pistoia Reda, Salvatore, editor.

Series:

Palgrave studies in pragmatics, language, and cognition

Palgrave studies in pragmatics, language and cognition

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pragmatics.

Semantics.

Physical Description:

ix, 242 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Summary:

This book contains an advanced debate on the nature of scalar implicatures, one of the most popular topics in philosophical linguistics over the past 20 years. Leading authorities in the study of the semantics-pragmatics interface have contributed chapters from a range of perspectives; they address the crucial components of scalar implicatures, including the exhaustivity operator, alternatives and contextual optionality. The book offers an up-to-date presentation of the phenomenon of scalar implicatures in a Way that will help readers to orient themselves within the vast literature on the topic. It will be of great interest to students and researchers of semantics, cognitive science, psychology and philosophy of language. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Some Remarks on the Scalar Implicatures Debate / Salvatore Pistoia Reda Reda, Salvatore Pistoia 1

2 The Roots of (Scalar) Implicature / Laurence R. Horn Horn, Laurence R. 13

3 On the Roles of Markedness and Contradiction in the Use of Alternatives / Roni Katzir Katzir, Roni 40

4 Intermediate Scalar Implicatures / Uli Sauerland Sauerland, Uli 72

5 An Account for the Homogeneity Effect Triggered by Plural Definites and Conjunction Based on Double Strengthening / Giorgio Magri Magri, Giorgio 99

6 Scalar Implicatures, Blindness and Common Knowledge: Comments on Magri (2011) / Benjamin Spector Spector, Benjamin 146

7 Pragmatic Back-and-Forth Reasoning / Michael Franke Franke, Michael, Gerhard Jäger Jäger, Gerhard 170

8 Direct and Indirect Scalar Implicatures Share the Same Processing Signature / Alexandre Cremers Cremers, Alexandre, Emmanuel Chemla Chemla, Emmanuel 201.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137333278

1137333278

OCLC:

883513139