Ellipsis and Nonsentential Speech

The papers in this volume address two main topics: Q1: What is the nature, and especially the scope, of ellipsis in natural l- guage? Q2: What are the linguistic/philosophical implications of what one takes the nature/scope of ellipsis to be? As will emerge below, each of these main topics includes...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Elugardo, Reinaldo (Editor), Stainton, Robert J. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2005.
Edition:1st ed. 2005.
Series:Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy, 81
Subjects:
Language and languages-Philosophy.
Linguistics.
Artificial intelligence.
Semiotics.
Philosophy of Language.
Theoretical Linguistics / Grammar.
Artificial Intelligence.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Nature and Scope of Ellipsis
  • Against Reconstruction in Ellipsis
  • The Semantics of Nominal Exclamatives
  • Nonsententials in Minimalism
  • A Note on Alleged Cases of Nonsentential Assertion
  • On the Interpretation and Performance of Non-Sentential Assertions
  • Non-Sentences, Implicature, and Success in Communication
  • The Link between Sentences and 'Assertion': An Evolutionary Accident?
  • Implications
  • Knowledge by Acquaintance and Meaning in Isolation
  • Co-Extensive Theories and Unembedded Definite Descriptions
  • The Ellipsis Account of Fiction-Talk
  • Quinean Interpretation and Anti-Vernacularism
  • Saying What You Mean: Unarticulated Constituents and Communication.

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