{"product_id":"truthconditional-pragmatics-9780199226986","title":"TruthConditional Pragmatics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrançois Recanati argues against the traditional understanding of the semantics\/pragmatics divide and puts forward a radical alternative. Through half a dozen case studies, he shows that what an utterance says cannot be neatly separated from what the speaker means. In particular, the speaker''s meaning endows words with senses that are tailored to the situation of utterance and depart from the conventional meanings carried by the words in isolation. This phenomenon of ''pragmatic modulation'' must be taken into account in theorizing about semantic content, for it interacts with the grammar-driven process of semantic composition. Because of that interaction, Recanati argues, the content of a sentence always depends upon the context in which it is used. This claim defines Contextualism, a view which has attracted considerable attention in recent years, and of which Recanati is one of the main proponents.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book is an important contribution to the debate on the relationship between semantics and pragmatics, and to discussions of particular linguistic phenomena featured in the case studies. Anyone interested in any of these issues should certainly read it. * Karen Lewis, Mind *\u003cbr\u003ea rich and provocative book, which is eloquently written ... There is no doubt in my mind that Truth-Conditional Pragmatics will become a standard reference for future discussions pertaining to semantics, pragmatics and the distinction between the two. * Berit Brogaard, Analysis *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction ; 1. Compositionality, Flexibility, and Context-Dependence ; 2. Adjectives: A Case Study ; 3. Weather Reports ; 4. Pragmatics and Logical Form ; 5. Embedded Implicatures ; 6. Indexicality and Context-Shift ; 7. Open Quotation ; 8. Open Quotation Revisited ; References","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766978707799,"sku":"9780199226986","price":37.52,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780199226986.jpg?v=1758711966","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/truthconditional-pragmatics-9780199226986","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}