{"product_id":"literal-meaning-9780521537360","title":"Literal Meaning","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDo we need pragmatics to fix truth-conditions? What is 'literal meaning'? To what extent is semantic composition a creative process? How pervasive is context-sensitivity? François Recanati defends 'contextualism' and offers an informed survey of the spectrum of positions held by linguists and philosophers working at the semantics\/pragmatics interface.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Two approaches to 'what is said'; 2. Primary pragmatic processes; 3. Relevance-theoretic objections; 4. The syncretic view; 5. Nonliteral uses; 6. From literalism to contextualism; 7. Indexicalism and the finding fallacy; 8. Circumstances of evaluation; 9. Contextualism: How far can we go?; 10. Conclusion.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767678763351,"sku":"9780521537360","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780521537360.jpg?v=1758714361","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/literal-meaning-9780521537360","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}