Context-Sensitivity And Semantic Minimalism: New Essays on Semantics and Pragmatics - Softcover

 
9780199213313: Context-Sensitivity And Semantic Minimalism: New Essays on Semantics and Pragmatics
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ISBN 10: 0199213313 ISBN 13: 9780199213313
Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A., 2009

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Gerhard Preyer and Georg Peter are both at the University of Frankfurt.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0199213313
ISBN 13 
9780199213313
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
384
Editor
Preyer Gerhard

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