Language turned on itself : the semantics and pragmatics of metalinguistic discourse / Herman Cappelen and Ernie Lepore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cappelen, Herman, author.

LePore, Ernest, 1950- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Metalanguage.

Quotation.

Semantics.

Pragmatics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 169 pages)

Other Title:

Semantics and pragmatics of metalinguistic discourse

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Language Turned on Itself examines what happens when language becomes self-reflexive; when language is used to talk about language. Those who think, talk, and write about language are habitual users of various metalinguistic devices, but reliance on these devices begins early: kids are told, 'That's called a ""rabbit""'. It's not implausible that a primitive capacity for the meta-linguistic kicks in at the beginning stages of language acquisition. But no matter when or howfrequently these devices are invoked, one thing is clear: they present theorists of language with a complex data pattern. H

Contents:

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Preliminaries : quotation and varieties of quotation

Part I: Data

Overview

Omitted quotation marks

Impure direct quotes

Mixed quotation

Quotation and context sensitivity

Part II: Theory

Use theories quotation

Proper names and description theories of quotation

Davidson's theory of quotation

Minimal theory of quotation

On the nature of quotable items: signs and expressions.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [160]-164) and index.

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ISBN:

9786611150358

1-4356-2208-1

OCLC:

191047719