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Explorations in Semantics and Pragmatics.

The aim of this book is to show the way forward to a coherent view of language in which the achievement of the formalist paradigm is strengthened to the extent that its claims are weakened. A formal theory such as generative grammar is a special theory which is to be subsumed in a general theory of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Leech, Geoffrey N.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1980.
Colección:Pragmatics & beyond ; 1:5.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • EXPLORATIONS IN SEMANTICS AND PRAGMATICS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; INTRODUCTION; 1. GRAMMAR AND RHETORIC WITHIN A FUNCTIONAL VIEW OF LANGUAGE; 1.0 Preface; 1.1 Grammar and Rhetoric; 1.2 Funetionalism and Formalism; 1.3 Textual and Interpersonal Rhetoric; 1.4 Via Media: Formalist Functionalism; 2. NATURAL LANGUAGE AS METALANGUAGE; 2.0 Preface; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Metalanguage: Examples and Definitions; 2.3 The Semantic Representation of Metareference; 2.4 The Problem of Direct and Indirect Speech.
  • 2.5 The Problem of Semantic Acceptability in Reporting Sentences2.6 The Problem of Referential Opacity; 2.7 The Problem of Presuppositions; 2.8 Conclusion; 3. METALANGUAGE, PRAGMATICS, AND PERFORMATIVES; 3.0 Preface; 3.1 The Performative Hypothesis and the Pragmatic Analysis; 3.2 Indirect Speech and Modes of Mention; 3.3 A Sketch of the Pragmatic Analysis; 3.4 Comparison of the Performative Hypothesis and the Pragmatic Analysis; 3.5 Conclusion; 4. LANGUAGE AND TACT; 4.0 Preface; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 "Direct and Indirect Illocutions" versus "Sense and Force."
  • 4, 3 Searle 's Approach Compared With the Present One4,4 Gordon and. Lakoff 's Conversational Postulates; 4.5 Sadock's 'Extended Performative Hypothesis'; 4,6 Relation between Sense and Force; 4.7 Explanation of 'Indirectness ' by Conversational Principles; 4.8 Recapitulation; 4.9 The Logical Form (Sense) of a Sentence; 4.10 The Pragmatic Force of a Sentence; 4.11 Negative Politeness; 4.12 The Tact Maxim; 4.13 The Hinting Strategy; 4.14 Pragmatic Space; 4.15 Conclusion; FOOTNOTES; REFERENCES.