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Title Meaning, context and methodology / edited by Sarah-Jane Conrad, Klaus Petrus
Published Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2017]
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Description 1 online resource (vi, 231 pages) : illustrations
Series Mouton Series in Pragmatics ; Volume 19
Mouton series in pragmatics ; 19.
Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction / Conrad, Sarah-Jane / Petrus, Klaus -- Part 1: The contextual turn and the case for reference, truth-conditions and meaning -- Open texture and schematicity as arguments for non-referential semantics / Gauker, Christopher -- Full but not saturated: The myth of mandatory primary pragmatic processes / Korta, Kepa / Perry, John -- How to get lost in context: Searle on context, content and literal meaning / Imhof, Silvan -- Meaning and interpretation / Kompa, Nikola -- The role of context in semantics: A Relevance Theory perspective / Bezuidenhout, Anne -- Part 2: The contextual turn and the case for language use -- Boo semantics: Radical nonfactualism and non truth-conditional meaning / Predelli, Stefano -- Metaphor and mercurial content / Horowitz, Damon -- Part 3: The contextual turn and the case of analysis -- Context, two-dimensional semantics and conceptual analysis / Aeschbacher, Dominik -- The use of the Binding Argument in the debate about location / Zeman, Dan -- Slices of meaning: Levels of analysis and the unity of understanding / Riegelnik, Štefan -- Contributors -- Index
Summary What methodological impact does Contextualism have on the philosophy of language? This collection sets out to provide some answers. The authors in this volume question three ultimately connected assumptions of the philosophy of language. The first assumpt
Analysis Context Thesis
Contextualism
Philosophy of Language
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
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Subject Context (Linguistics)
Semantics.
Semantics
semantics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
Context (Linguistics)
Semantics
Form Electronic book
Author Conrad, Sarah-Jane, editor
Petrus, Klaus, editor
ISBN 9781501504327
9781501504235
1501504320
1501504231