ISBN:
9027230900
,
9789027230904
,
9789027293053
,
9027293058
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xi, 350 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Studies in language companion series 0165-7763 v. 80
Series Statement:
Studies in language companion series v. 80
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Drawing the boundaries of meaning
DDC:
306.44
Keywords:
Pragmatics
;
Semantics
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Electronic books
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Pragmatics
;
Semantics
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES ; Linguistics ; Sociolinguistics
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Electronic books
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Festschrift
;
Festschrift
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Festschrift
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
One of the most lively and contentious issues in contemporary linguistic theory concerns the elusive boundary between semantics and pragmatics, and Professor Laurence R. Horn of Yale University has been at the center of that debate ever since his groundbreaking 1972 UCLA dissertation. This volume in honor of Horn brings together the best of current work at the semantics/pragmatics boundary from a neo-Gricean perspective. Featuring the contributions of 22 leading researchers, it includes papers on implicature (Kent Bach), inference (Betty Birner), presupposition (Barbara Abbott), lexical semant
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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