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Drawing upon research in philosophical logic, linguistics and cognitive science, this study explores how our ability to use and understand language depends upon

Natural languages all contain constructions the interpretation of which depends upon the situation in which they are used. In Language and Context, Jason Stanle

The late 20th century saw great movement in the philosophy of language, often critical of the fathers of the subject--Gottlieb Frege and Bertrand Russell--but s

When people speak, their words never fully encode what they mean, and the context is always compatible with a variety of interpretations. How can comprehension

This book is about the pragmatics of language and it illustrates how pragmatics transcends the boundaries of linguistics. This volume covers Gricean pragmatics