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Literal meaning /

Do we need pragmatics to fix truth-conditions? What is 'literal meaning'? To what extent is semantic composition a creative process? How pervasive is context-sensitivity? François Recanati defends 'contextualism' and offers an informed survey of the spectrum of positions held by...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Récanati, François, 1952-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Two approaches to 'what is said'
  • 2. Primary pragmatic processes
  • 3. Relevene-theoretic objections
  • 4. The syncretic view
  • 5. Nonliteral uses
  • 6. From literalism to contextualism
  • 7. Indexicalism and the finding fallacy
  • 8. Circumstances of evaluation
  • 9. Contextualism : How far can we go?