24.954 Pragmatics in Linguistic Theory, Fall 2002
Alternative Title:
Pragmatics in Linguistic Theory
Author:
Von Fintel, Kai; Fox, Daniel J. (Daniel Judah), 1966-
Abstract:
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.