The semantics pragmatics controversy Currently there is a great number of approaches to the semantics pragmatics distinction on the market. This book is unique in that it offers a comprehensive overview comparison and critical evaluation of these approaches. At the same time it covers a wide range of the key current topics in semantics and pragmatics (e.g. the saying meaning distinction minimalism vs. contextualism unarticulated constituents indexicalism (generalised) conversational implicatures). As such it addresses both undergraduate and postgraduate students of linguistics philosophy of language.