Imagination and Convention Distinguishing Grammar and Inference in Language,9780198797418

Imagination and Convention Distinguishing Grammar and Inference in Language

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ISBN13: 9780198797418
ISBN10: 0198797419
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2017-02-22
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Author Biography


Ernie Lepore is Board of Governors Professor of Philosophy and an Acting Director of the Center for Cognitive Science at Rutgers.

Matthew Stone is Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Center for Cognitive Science at Rutgers.

Table of Contents


Preface
1. Overview
I: The Landscape of Pragmatic Inference
Introduction to Part I
2. The Gricean Framework
3. The Linguistic Turn
4. The Psychological Turn
II: The Interpretive Effects of Linguistic Rules
Introduction to Part II
5. The Scope of Linguistic Conventions
6. Speech Act Conventions: Indirection and Relevance
7. Presupposition and Anaphora: The Case of Tense and Aspect
8. Information Structure: Intonation and Scalars
Summary of Part II and Projection
III: Varieties of Interpretive Reasoning
Introduction to Part III
9. The Scope of Interpretive Reasoning
10. Perspective Taking: Metaphor
11. Presenting Utterances: Sarcasm, Irony, and Humor
12. Leaving Things Open: Hinting
Summary of Part III and Projection
IV: Theorizing Semantics and Pragmatics
Introduction to Part IV
13. Interpretation and Intention Recognition
14. Inquiry and the Formal Underpinnings of Communication
Conclusion

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