Presumptive meanings : the theory of generalized conversational implicature /
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Author / Creator: | Levinson, Stephen C. |
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Imprint: | Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2000. ©2000 |
Description: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 480 pages) |
Language: | English |
Series: | Language, speech, and communication Language, speech, and communication. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11111418 |
ISBN: | 9780262278256 0262278251 0585272573 9780585272573 0262122189 9780262122184 0262621304 9780262621304 |
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Notes: | "A Bradford book." Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-450) and indexes. English. Print version record. |
Summary: | Annotation When we speak, we mean more than we say. In this book Stephen C. Levinson explains some general processes that underlie presumptions in communication. This is the first extended discussion of preferred interpretation in language understanding, integrating much of the best research in linguistic pragmatics from the last two decades. Levinson outlines a theory of presumptive meanings, or preferred interpretations, governing the use of language, building on the idea of implicature developed by the philosopher H.P. Grice. Some of the indirect information carried by speech is presumed by default because it is carried by general principles, rather than inferred from specific assumptions about intention and context. Levinson examines this class of general pragmatic inferences in detail, showing how they apply to a wide range of linguistic constructions. This approach has radical consequences for how we think about language and communication. |
Other form: | Print version: Levinson, Stephen C. Presumptive meanings. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2000 0262621304 |
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