Interpretation as Pragmatics (Paperback, 1999 ed.)

Does interpretation have anything to do with truth? This new theory of interpretation denies this, yet it argues that some interpretations are false and some are just. These theses are justified through a pragmatic model of interpretation as a language-game involving five participants: an author, a text, a reader, a language, and an encyclopedia. The model claims to provide an account of both literary interpretation and face-to-face dialogue. The central intuition is that authorial intention is radically separated from textual meaning and that consequently, the reader's role is one of necessary imposture.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Language, Discourse, Society
Release date:	May 1999
First published:	1999
Authors:	J. Lecercle
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	251
Edition:	1999 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-312-22153-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Philosophy of language Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > General Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Semantics (meaning) > Pragmatics
LSN:	0-312-22153-3
Barcode:	9780312221539

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