Explorations in semantics and pragmatics / Geoffrey N. Leech.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leech, Geoffrey N.

Series:

Pragmatics & beyond ; 1:5.

Pragmatics & beyond ; no. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Semantics.

Pragmatics.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Metalanguage.

Speech acts (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (141 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Benjamins, 1980.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The aim of this book is to show the way forward to a coherent view of language in which the achievement of the formalist paradigm is strengthened to the extent that its claims are weakened. A formal theory such as generative grammar is a special theory which is to be subsumed in a general theory of linguistic communication that also includes pragmatics. The tension between the psycho-formalist and the socio-functional views could be resolved in a synthesis whereby both the psychological and social natures of language are fully acknowledged. Semantics and pragmatics, representing these two natu

Contents:

EXPLORATIONS IN SEMANTICS AND PRAGMATICS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; INTRODUCTION; 1. GRAMMAR AND RHETORIC WITHIN A FUNCTIONAL VIEW OF LANGUAGE; 1.0 Preface; 1.1 Grammar and Rhetoric; 1.2 Funetionalism and Formalism; 1.3 Textual and Interpersonal Rhetoric; 1.4 Via Media: Formalist Functionalism; 2. NATURAL LANGUAGE AS METALANGUAGE; 2.0 Preface; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Metalanguage: Examples and Definitions; 2.3 The Semantic Representation of Metareference; 2.4 The Problem of Direct and Indirect Speech

2.5 The Problem of Semantic Acceptability in Reporting Sentences2.6 The Problem of Referential Opacity; 2.7 The Problem of Presuppositions; 2.8 Conclusion; 3. METALANGUAGE, PRAGMATICS, AND PERFORMATIVES; 3.0 Preface; 3.1 The Performative Hypothesis and the Pragmatic Analysis; 3.2 Indirect Speech and Modes of Mention; 3.3 A Sketch of the Pragmatic Analysis; 3.4 Comparison of the Performative Hypothesis and the Pragmatic Analysis; 3.5 Conclusion; 4. LANGUAGE AND TACT; 4.0 Preface; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 ""Direct and Indirect Illocutions"" versus ""Sense and Force""

4, 3 Searle 's Approach Compared With the Present One4,4 Gordon and. Lakoff 's Conversational Postulates; 4.5 Sadock's 'Extended Performative Hypothesis'; 4,6 Relation between Sense and Force; 4.7 Explanation of 'Indirectness ' by Conversational Principles; 4.8 Recapitulation; 4.9 The Logical Form (Sense) of a Sentence; 4.10 The Pragmatic Force of a Sentence; 4.11 Negative Politeness; 4.12 The Tact Maxim; 4.13 The Hinting Strategy; 4.14 Pragmatic Space; 4.15 Conclusion; FOOTNOTES; REFERENCES

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-35982-0

9786613359827

90-272-8109-2

OCLC:

769342194