Perspectives on Linguistic Pragmatics Anteprima del libro
by Springer 2013
This volume provides insight into linguistic pragmatics from the perspective
of linguists who have been influenced by philosophy. Theory of Mind and
perspectives on point of view are presented along with other topics including:
semantics vs. semiotics, clinical pragmatics, explicatures, cancellability of
explicatures, interactive language use, reference, common ground,
presupposition, definiteness, logophoricity and point of view in connection with
pragmatic inference, pragmemes and language games, pragmatics and artificial
languages, the mechanism of the form/content correlation from a pragmatic point
of view, amongst other issues relating to language use. Relevance Theory is
introduced as an important framework, allowing readers to familiarize themselves
with technical details and linguistic terminology.
This book follows on from the first volume: both contain the work of world
renowned experts who discuss theories relevant to pragmatics. Here, the
relationship between semantics and pragmatics is explored: conversational
explicatures are a way to bridge the gap in semantics between underdetermined
logical forms and full propositional content.
These volumes are written in an accessible way and work well both as a
stimulus to further research and as a guide to less experienced researchers and
students who would like to know more about this vast, complex, and difficult
field of inquiry.
