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Non-lexical pragmatics : time, causality and logical words /

This book presents both general issues in pragmatic theories and specific arguments for an inferential approach to pragmatics. At the present time, pragmatics is generally approached from the neo- and post-Gricean perspectives. These perspectives, which stem from philosophical theories of meaning, c...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Moeschler, Jacques (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berlin/Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2020]
Series:Mouton series in pragmatics ; 23.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Types of meaning and the semantics-pragmatics interface
  • Conceptual and procedural meaning: lexical and non-lexical pragmatics
  • Temporal reference and temporal order
  • Directional inferences: a coneptual/procedural approach to tenses
  • Causality, temporal order and argumentation
  • Causal connectives, conceptual and procedural meanings
  • Logical connectives and pragmatic meaning
  • Descriptive and metalinguistic negation
  • Conclusion: how much is meaning conventional?