The handbook of pragmatics

Author(s)

• Horn, Laurence R.
• Ward, Gregory L.

Bibliographic Information

The handbook of pragmatics

edited by Laurence R. Horn and Gregory Ward

（Blackwell handbooks in linguistics）

Blackwell, 2006

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [742]-819) and index

"First published in paperback 2006"--T.p. verso

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The Handbook of Pragmatics is a collection of newly commissioned articles that provide an authoritative and accessible introduction to the field, including an overview of the foundations of pragmatic theory and a detailed examination of the rich and varied theoretical and empirical subdomains of pragmatics. Contains 32 newly commissioned articles that outline the central themes and challenges for current research in the field of linguistic pragmatics. Provides authoritative and accessible introduction to the field and a detailed examination of the varied theoretical and empirical subdomains of pragmatics. Includes extensive bibliography that serves as a research tool for those working in pragmatics and allied fields in linguistics, philosophy, and cognitive science. Valuable resource for both students and professional researchers investigating the properties of meaning, reference, and context in natural language.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors viii Introduction xi I The Domain of Pragmatics 1 1. Implicature 3 Laurence R. Horn 2. Presupposition 29 Jay David Atlas 3. Speech Acts 53 Jerrold Sadock 4. Reference 74 Gregory Carlson 5. Deixis 97 Stephen C. Levinson 6. Definiteness and Indefiniteness 122 Barbara Abbott II Pragmatics and Discourse Structure 151 7. Information Structure and Non-canonical Syntax 153 Gregory Ward and Betty Birner 8. Topic and Focus 175 Jeanette K. Gundel and Thorstein Fretheim 9. Context in Dynamic Interpretation 197 Craige Roberts 10. Discourse Markers 221 Diane Blakemore 11. Discourse Coherence 241 Andrew Kehler 12. The Pragmatics of Non-sentences 266 Robert J. Stainton 13. Anaphora and the Pragmatics-Syntax Interface 288 Yan Huang 14. Empathy and Direct Discourse Perspectives 315 Susumu Kuno 15. The Pragmatics of Deferred Interpretation 344 Geoffrey Nunberg 16. Pragmatics of Language Performance 365 Herbert H. Clark 17. Constraints on Ellipsis and Event Reference 383 Andrew Kehler and Gregory Ward III Pragmatics and its Interfaces 405 18. Some Interactions of Pragmatics and Grammar 407 Georgia M. Green 19. Pragmatics and Argument Structure 427 Adele E. Goldberg 20. Pragmatics and Semantics 442 Francois Recanati 21. Pragmatics and the Philosophy of Language 463 Kent Bach 22. Pragmatics and the Lexicon 488 Reinhard Blutner 23. Pragmatics and Intonation 515 Julia Hirschberg 24. Historical Pragmatics 538 Elizabeth Closs Traugott 25. Pragmatics and Language Acquisition 562 Eve V. Clark 26. Pragmatics and Computational Linguistics 578 Daniel Jurafsky IV Pragmatics and Cognition 605 27. Relevance Theory 607 Deirdre Wilson and Dan Sperber 28. Relevance Theory and the Saying/Implicating Distinction 633 Robyn Carston 29. Pragmatics and Cognitive Linguistics 657 Gilles Fauconnier 30. Pragmatic Aspects of Grammatical Constructions 675 Paul Kay 31. The Pragmatics of Polarity 701 Michael Israel 32. Abduction in Natural Language Understanding 724 Jerry R. Hobbs Bibliography 742 Index 820

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Details

• NCID: BA75473802
• ISBN:
  • 9780631225485
• LCCN: 2003016284
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Malden, Mass.
• Pages/Volumes: xix, 842 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : P99.4.P72
  • DC21 : 306.44
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Pragmatics
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA23928750