Presupposition and Implicature in Compositional Semantics (Hardcover)

All humans can interpret sentences of their native language quickly and without effort. Working from the perspective of generative grammar, the contributors investigate three mental mechanisms, widely assumed to underlie this ability: compositional semantics, implicature computation and presupposition computation. This volume brings together experts from semantics and pragmatics to bring forward the study of interconnections between these three mechanisms. The contributions develop new insights into important empirical phenomena; for example, approximation, free choice, accommodation, and exhaustivity effects.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language and Cognition
Release date:	May 2007
First published:	2007
Editors:	U. Sauerland • P. Stateva
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	285
ISBN-13:	978-0-230-00533-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Semantics (meaning) > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Philosophy of mind Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Logic Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Logic Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Philosophy of mind
LSN:	0-230-00533-0
Barcode:	9780230005334

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