基本説明
The chapters in this volume originate from a workshop at the Linguistic Society of America Summer Institute, held at Michigan State University.
Full Description
The papers in this collection focus on linguistic detail, not merely abstract discussions of a theoretical nature. It is suitable for scholars and students interested in the discipline of semantics-pragmatics. Each chapter integrates semantic and pragmatic facts into a single theory and finds an adequate division of theoretical labour, in an attempt to design and corroborate an elegant account of meaning and use that would be compatible with other aspects of human behaviour.
Contents
(By Way of an) Introduction. A First Dialogue on the Semantics-Pragmatics Interface, K. von Heusinger, K. Turner
Semantics - Pragmatics Interface. The Border Wars: A Neo-Gricean Perspective, L.R. Horn
A 'Just That' Lexical Meaning for Most, M. Ariel
Pragmatics and Nominal Reference. How to Deny a Presupposition, A. Cohen
Type Shifting of Entities in Discourse, M. Hegarty
The Hidden Path of Semantic Content within Pragmatic Context: A Frequency Study of the Definite Article the, R. Mei-Han Low
Referential Expressions and the Syntax-Semantics (-Pragmatics) Interface, Mayumi Masuko
Bare Nouns and Generics. General Number and the Semantics and Pragmatics of Indefinite Bare Nouns in Mandarin Chinese, H. Rullmann, A. You
Tolerating Exceptions with 'Descriptive' and 'in Virtue of' Generics: Two Types of Modality and Reduced Vagueness, Y. Greenberg
Context and Quantification. Binding Symmetries and Nominal Dualities, A. Branco
Superlative Quantifiers and the Dynamics of Context Dependence, J. Gutierrez-Rexach
Information Dependency in Quantificational Subordination, L. Wang, E. McCready, N. Asher
Information Structure and Underspecification. Semantic Underspecification and the Interpretation of Copular Clauses in English, R. Cann
Mapping VPs to Restrictors: Anti-Diesing Effects in Mandarin Chinese, D. Hole
Contrastive Topic/Focus and Polarity in Discourse, Chungmin Lee
Implicating and Focusing on Lexically Underspecified Information, L. Paris
Mood and Intensionality. Mood, Propositional Attitude and Metarepresentation in Spanish, A. Ahern
Futurity in Default Semantics, K.M. Jaszczolt
Temporal Reference Inside and Outside Propositional Attitudes, H. Kamp
