The Semantics/Pragmatics Interface from Different Points of View (Current Research in the Semantics/Pragmatics Interface S.) »

This volume examines explicitly the question of how the semantics and pragmatics of a number of expressions might be responsibly discussed. In the past, the temptation has been for the expressions in question to be discussed either in terms of the semantics, or in terms of the pragmatics, but extremely rarely in terms of both. This book shows how revealing analyses for this interface can be provided for the expressions in question.

In specially commissioned chapters from leading authors, the points of view represented include linguistics, logic, computational linguistics, and philosophy.

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This is the first volume in a series that will focus on the relationship between semantic and pragmatic theories for a variety of natural language constructions. In the past, discussion has been in terms of the semantics or in terms of the pragmatics, but rarely in terms of both. Representing points of view from linguistics, logic, computational linguistics, and philosophy, 15 contributions address such topics as discourse structure and the logic of conversation, English indefinite noun phrases and plurality, and the modeling of situated discourse analysis. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)