Explorations in semantics and pragmatics /
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| Author / Creator: | Leech, Geoffrey N. |
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| Imprint: | Amsterdam : Benjamins, 1980. |
| Description: | viii, 133 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Pragmatics & beyond ; no. 5 Pragmatics & beyond 5. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/507521 |
Table of Contents:
- -1. Prelim pages
- 0. Table of contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. 1. Grammar and rhetoric within a functional view of language
- 3. 1.0 Preface
- 4. 1.1 Grammar and rhetoric
- 5. 1.2 Functionalism and formalism
- 6. 1.3 Textual and interpersonal rhetoric
- 7. 1.4 Via media
- 8. 2. Natural language as metalanguage
- 9. 2.0 Preface
- 10. 2.1 Introduction
- 11. 2.2 Metalanguage
- 12. 2.3 The semantic representation of metareference
- 13. 2.4 The problem of direct and indirect speech
- 14. 2.5 The problem of semantic acceptability in reporting sentences
- 15. 2.6 The problem of referential opacity
- 16. 2.7 The problem of presuppositions
- 17. 2.8 Conclusion
- 18. 3. Metalanguage, pragmatics, and performatives
- 19. 3.0 Preface
- 20. 3.1 The performative hypothesis and the pragmatic analysis
- 21. 3.2 Indirect speech and modes of mention
- 22. 3.3 A sketch of the pragmatic analysis
- 23. 3.4 Comparison of the performative hypothesis and the pragmatic analysis
- 24. 3.5 Conclusion
- 25. 4. Language and tact
- 26. 4.0 Preface
- 27. 4.1 Introduction
- 28. 4.2 "Direct and indirect illocutions" versus "sense and force"
- 29. 4.3 Searle's approach compared with the present one
- 30. 4.4 Gordon and Lakoff's conversational postulates
- 31. 4.5 Sadock's 'extended performative hypothesis'
- 32. 4.6 Relation between sense and force
- 33. 4.7 Explanation of 'indirectness' by conversational principles
- 34. 4.8 Recapitulation
- 35. 4.9 The logical form (sense) of a sentence
- 36. 4.10 The pragmatic force of a sentence
- 37. 4.11 Negative politeness
- 38. 4.12 The tact maxim
- 39. 4.13 The hinting strategy
- 40. 4.14 Pragmatic space
- 41. 4.15 Conclusion
- 42. Footnotes
- 43. References