Semantics versus Pragmatics

by Zoltïn Gendler Szabï (Editor)

Overview

Leading scholars in the philosophy of language and theoretical linguistics present brand-new papers on a major topic at the intersection of the two fields, the distinction between semantics and pragmatics. Anyone engaged with this issue in either discipline will find much to reward their attention here.

Contributors: Kent Bach, Herman Cappelen, Michael Glanzberg, Jeffrey C. King, Ernie Lepore, Stephen Neale, F. Recanati, Nathan Salmon, Mandy Simons, Scott Soňames, Robert J. Stainton, Jason Stanley, Zoltan Gendler Szabo

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199251520
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	02/24/2005
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	480
Product dimensions:	9.10(w) x 6.10(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Cornell University

Table of Contents

Introduction, Zoltan Gendler Szabo1. Context ex Machina, Kent Bach2. Radical and Moderate Pragmatics: Does Meaning Determine Truth Conditions?, Herman Cappelen and Ernie Lepore3. Semantics, Pragmatics, and the Role of Semantic Content, Jeffrey C. King and Jason Stanley4. Two Concepts of Semantics, Nathan Salmon5. Focus: A Case Study on the Semantics/Pragmatics Boundary, Michael Glanzberg6. Pragmatism and Pronouns, Stephen Neale7. Deixis and Anaphora, F. Recanati8. Presupposition and Relevance, Mandy Simons9. Naming and Asserting, Scott Soňames10. In Defence of Non-Sentential Assertion, Robert J. Stainton

Editorial Reviews

"Preceded by an informative and accessible introduction...The book is important because the papers it contains reflect a wide range of views concerning...pragmatics and semantics...[It] is a valuable collection...challenges are addressed with insight and ingenuity."—Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

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