Pragmatics, Semantics and the Case of Scalar Implicatures [electronic resource] /
Reda, Salvatore Pistoia.editor.
This book is an advanced debate on the nature of scalar implicatures, one of the most popular topics in philosophical linguistics in the last 20 years. Leading theorists in the field offer an up-to-date presentation of the subject in a way that will help readers to orient themselves in the vast literature on the topic.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Notes on Contributors; 1 Some Remarks on the Scalar Implicatures Debate; 2 The Roots of (Scalar) Implicature; 3 On the Roles of Markedness and Contradiction in the Use of Alternatives; 4 Intermediate Scalar Implicatures; 5 An Account for the Homogeneity Effect Triggered by Plural Definites and Conjunction Based on Double Strengthening; 6 Scalar Implicatures, Blindness and Common Knowledge: Comments on Magri (2011); 7 Pragmatic Back-and-Forth Reasoning
8 Direct and Indirect Scalar Implicatures Share the Same Processing SignatureIndex
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book is an advanced debate on the nature of scalar implicatures, one of the most popular topics in philosophical linguistics in the last 20 years. Leading theorists in the field offer an up-to-date presentation of the subject in a way that will help readers to orient themselves in the vast literature on the topic.
Psycholinguistics.
Linguistics
Pragmatics.
Semantics.
Psycholinguistics.
Philosophy of Language.
Pragmatics.
Semantics.