24.954 Pragmatics in Linguistic Theory, Fall 2002
Author(s)
Von Fintel, Kai; Fox, Daniel J. (Daniel Judah), 1966-
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Alternative title
Pragmatics in Linguistic Theory
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Formal theories of context-dependency, presupposition, implicature, context-change, focus and topic. Special emphasis on the division of labor between semantics and pragmatics. Applications to the analysis of quantification, definiteness, presupposition projection, conditionals and modality, anaphora, questions and answers.
Date issued
2002-12Other identifiers
24.954-Fall2002
local: 24.954
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Keywords
context-dependency, presupposition, implicature, context-change, focus, topic, semantics, pragmatics, quantification, definiteness, presupposition projection, conditionals, modality, anaphora, questions, answers