The Semantics Pragmatics Interface from Different Points of View (Current Research in the Semantics Pragmatics Interface) (Current Research in the Semantics Pragmatics Interface)

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by  K. Turner

The Semantics/Pragmatics Interface from Different Points of View
Current Research in the Semantics/Pragmatics Interface
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THE
SEMANTICS/PRAGMATICS
INTERFACE FROM
DIFFERENT POINTS
OF VIEW
Edited by Ken lUrner
University of Brighton, UK
1999
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The senantIcs/pragnatIcs Interface fron different points of view /
[edited] by Ken Turner. — 1st ed.
p. en. — (Current research In the senantIcs/pragnatIcs
interface ; v. 1)
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ISBN 0-08-043080-5
1. Semantics. 2. Pragnatlcs. 3. Discourse analysis. I. Turner.
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List of Contributors
Asher, N., University of Texas, Austin, TX (Ch. 1).
Bach, K., San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA (Ch. 3).
Carston, R., University College, London (Ch. 4).
Gillon, B.S., McGill University, Montreal (Ch. 5).
Gu, Y., The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing (Ch. 6).
Hand, M., Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (Ch. 7).
Jaszczolt, K.M., University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK (Ch. 8).
Kehler, A., SRI International, Menlo Park, CA (Ch. 9).
Krifka, M., University of Texas, Austin, TX (Ch. 10).
Kubo, S., Matsuyama University, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan (Ch. 11).
Lee, Ch., Seoul National University, Seoul (Ch. 12).
Nemo, E, Universite d'Orleans, France (Ch. 13).
Peregrin, J., Institute of Philosophy, Prague (Ch. 14).
Ramsay, A., Centre for Computational Linguistics, UMIST, Manchester, England,
UK (Ch. 15).
Turner, K., University of Brighton, Brighton, UK.
van der Auwera, J., University of Antwerp (UIA), Wilrijk (Ch. 2).
Ward, G., Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (Ch. 9).
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Contents
List of Contributors vii
Introduction - from a certain point of view (seven inch version) 1
K. Turner
1. Discourse structure and the logic of conversation 19
N. Asher
2. On the semantic and pragmatic polyfunctionality of modal verbs 49
J. van der Auwera
3. The semantics-pragmatics distinction: What it is and why it matters 65
K. Bach
4. The semantics/pragmatics distinction: A view from relevance theory 85
R. Carston
5. English indefinite noun phrases and plurality 127
B.S. Gillon
6. Towards a model of situated discourse analysis 149
Y.Gu
1. Semantics vs. pragmatics: ANY in game-theoretical semantics 179
M. Hand
8. Default semantics, pragmatics, and intentions 199
K.M. Jaszczolt
9. On the semantics and pragmatics of 'identifier so' 233
A. Kehler, A. Kehler and G. Ward
10. At least some determiners aren't determiners 257
M. Krifka
11. On an illocutionary connective datte 293
S. Kubo
12 Contrastive topic: A locus of interface evidence from Korean and
English 317
Ch. Lee
13 The pragmatics of signs, the semantics of relevance, and the
semantics/pragmatics interface 343
F. Nemo