Imagination and Convention: Distinguishing Grammar and Inference in Language

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Oxford, GB: Oxford University Press (2014)
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How do hearers manage to understand speakers? And how do speakers manage to shape hearers' understanding? Lepore and Stone show that standard views about the workings of semantics and pragmatics are unsatisfactory. They advance an alternative view which better captures what is going on in linguistic communication.

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P325.L387 2015

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9780198717188   9780198797418   0198797419   0198717180   9780191785931

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10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198717188.001.0001

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Overview.  (pages 1-8)
Introduction to Part I.  (pages 11-14)
The Gricean Framework.  (pages 15-39)
The Linguistic Turn.  (pages 40-59)
The Psychological Turn.  (pages 60-80)
Summary of Part I and Projection.  (pages 81-84)
Introduction to Part II.  (pages 87-88)
The Scope of Linguistic Conventions.  (pages 89-97)
Speech Act Conventions.  (pages 98-114)
Presupposition and Anaphora.  (pages 115-127)
Information Structure.  (pages 128-146)
Summary of Part II and Projection.  (pages 147-150)
Introduction to Part III.  (pages 153-154)
The Scope of Interpretive Reasoning.  (pages 155-161)
Perspective Taking.  (pages 162-172)
Presenting Utterances.  (pages 173-186)
Leaving Things Open.  (pages 187-190)
Summary of Part III and Projection.  (pages 191-194)
Introduction to Part IV.  (pages 197-198)
Interpretation and Intention Recognition.  (pages 199-232)
Inquiry and the Formal Underpinnings of Communication.  (pages 233-263)
Conclusion.  (pages 264-268)

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