| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 356 pages) : illustrations |
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Mouton series in pragmatics ; 6 |
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Mouton series in pragmatics ; 6.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Implicit Content (1): Philosophical Perspective -- Unarticulated Tension -- What Is Said -- Context Dependency in Thought -- 2. Implicit Content (2): Linguistic Perspectives -- Contextual Domain Restriction and the Definite Determiner -- The Model Theory for Words With Context-Sensitive Implicit Arguments -- Three Types of Ellipsis -- 3. Relativism, Knowledge Ascriptions, and Predicates of Personal Taste -- Relativism, Disagreement and Predicates of Personal Taste -- Knowledge Attributions and Relevant Epistemic Standards -- 4. Perspectival Shifts -- On Words and Thoughts About Oneself -- Indirect Discourse, Relativism, and Contexts That Point to Other Contexts -- 5. Perspectival Facts -- Is Relativity a Requirement for Mind-Dependence? -- Perspectival Truth and Perspectival Realism -- Backmatter |
| Summary |
This volume brings together original papers by linguists and philosophers on the role of context and perspective in language and thought. Several contributions are concerned with the contextualism/relativism debate, which has loomed large in recent philosophical discussions. In a substantial introduction, the editors survey the field and map out the relevant issues and positions |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
In English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Context (Linguistics)
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Semantics.
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semantics.
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Communication studies.
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Linguistics.
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Semantics & pragmatics.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Semantics.
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Context (Linguistics)
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Semantics
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Kontext
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Sprache
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Semantik
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Sprachphilosophie
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| Genre/Form |
Aufsatzsammlung.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Récanati, François, 1952-
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Stojanovic, Isidora, 1973-
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Villanueva, Neftalí, 1979-
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| LC no. |
2010023627 |
| ISBN |
9783110227772 |
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3110227770 |
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3110227762 |
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9783110227765 |
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1282784099 |
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9781282784093 |
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9786612784095 |
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6612784091 |
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