In this seminar we will analyze aspects of English words and sentences on dimensions of meaning that go beyond the truth-conditional meaning of assertions. In particular, we will consider presuppositions, implicatures, so-called expressives, intonational effects and focus constructions.
References:
Birner, B. J. 2012. Introduction to Pragmatics. Oxford: Blackwell.
Chierchia, G. 2013. Logic in Grammar: Polarity, free choice, and intervention. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Grice, P. 1967/1989. Logic and Conversation. Studies in the Way of Words, ed. by P Grice. Cambridge, Ma.: Harvard University Press.
Horn, L. 1996. ²Presupposition and implicature.² In: S. Lappin (ed.): The Handbook of Contemporary Semantic Theory. Oxford: Blackwell.
Kadmon, N. 2001. Formal Pragmatics. Semantics, Pragmatics, Presupposition and Focus. Oxford/Cambridge: Blackwell.
Portner, Paul. 2005. What is Meaning – Fundamentals of Formal Semantics. Oxford: Blackwell.
Potts, C. The Logic of Conventional Implicatures. Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
