| Conversational Implicature |
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The Basics
Introduction, The Semantics Pragmatics Distinction, Grice's notion of implicature |
Horn, Laurence R. "Implicature." In The Handbook of Pragmatics. Edited by Laurence R. Horn and Gregory Ward. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 2004, pp. 3-28. ISBN: 0631225471.
Grice, Paul. "Logic and Conversation." In Studies in the Way of Words. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1989. ISBN: 0674852702.
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The Basics
Quantity Implicature |
Gamut, L. T. F. "Pragmatics: Meaning and Usage." Chapter 6 in Logic, Language, and Meaning. Vol. 1. Chicago, IL: Chicago University Press, 1991, pp. 195-212, sections 6.1 to 6.8. ISBN: 0226280853.
Gazdar, Gerald. "Implicature." Chapter 3 in Pragmatics: Implicature, Presupposition and Logical Form. New York, NY: Academic Press, 1979. ISBN: 0122784502. |
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The Basics
Horn Scales |
Matsumoto, Yo. "The Conversational Condition on Horn Scales." Linguistics and Philosophy 18, no. 1 (1995): 21-60. |
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Case Study: Embedded Implicatures
Embedded Implicatures |
Levinson, Stephen. Presumptive Meanings: The Theory of Generalized Implicature. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2000, Chapter 3. ISBN: 0262621304.
Recanati, Francois. "Embedded Implicatures." Philosophical Perspectives 17, no. 1 (2003): 299-332.
Chierchia, Gennaro. "Scalar Implicatures, Polarity Phenomena, and the Syntax/Pragmatics Interface." In Structures and Beyond: The Cartography of Syntactic Structures. Edited by Adriana Belletti. Vol. 3. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN: 0195171969. |
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Case Study: Embedded Implicatures
Implicature Projection |
Sauerland, Uli. "Scalar Implicatures in Complex Sentences." Linguistics and Philosophy 27, no. 3 (2004): 367-391. |
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Case Study: Embedded Implicatures
Exhaustivity |
Fox, Danny. "Implicature Calculation: Syntax or Pragmatics, or both?" 2004. (Talk given at Universidad del País Vasco, Basque Country, May 2004. Includes some recent work with Martin Hackl on comparatives and degree questions.) (PDF)
Chierchia, Gennaro. "Broaden Your Views: Implicatures of Domain Widening." University of Milan Bicocca, January 2004. Draft. (PDF) |
| Indexicals |
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The Basics
Indexicals, Kaplan's System |
Stalnaker, Robert. "Pragmatics." In Semantics of Natural Language. Edited by Donald Davidson and Gilbert Harman. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Reidel, 1972, pp 380-397. ISBN: 9027701954. |
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The Basics
Indexicals, Kaplan's System (cont.) |
Stalnaker, Robert. "Pragmatics." In Semantics of Natural Language. Edited by Donald Davidson and Gilbert Harman. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Reidel, 1972, pp. 380-397. ISBN: 9027701954. |
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Case Studies: Referential NPs, Monsters, Assessment Relativity
Referential (In)Definites? |
Kripke, Saul. "Speaker's Reference and Semantic Reference." In Contemporary Perspectives in the Philosophy of Language. Edited by Peter A. French, et. al. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 1979, pp. 6-27. ISBN: 0816608660.
Fodor, Janet, and Ivan Sag. "Referential and Quantificational Indefinites." Linguistics and Philosophy 5 (1982): 355-398. |
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Case Studies: Referential NPs, Monsters, Assessment Relativity
Monsters? |
Anand, Pranav, and Andrew Nevins. "Shifty Operators in Changing Contexts." Semantics and Linguistic Theory (SALT) 14 Talk (2004). |
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Case Studies: Referential NPs, Monsters, Assessment Relativity
Assessment Relativity? |
Macfarlane, John. "Epistemic Modalities and Relative Truth." Department of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 2003.
von Fintel, Kai, Gillies, and Anthony S. (Work in Progress.) |
| Presupposition |
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The Basics
Presuppositions and Presupposition Projection |
Soames, Scott. "Presupposition." In Handbook of Philosophical Logic. Edited by Dov Gabbay and Franz Guenthner. Vol. 4. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Reidel, 1989, pp. 553-616. ISBN: 9027716064.
Beaver, David. Presupposition and Assertion in Dynamic Semantics. Stanford, CA: CSLI Publications, 2001. ISBN: 1575861208. |
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The Basics
Presuppositions and Presupposition Projection (cont.) |
Soames, Scott: 1989. "Presupposition." In Handbook of Philosophical Logic. Edited by Dov Gabbay and Franz Guenthner. Vol. 4. Dordrecht: Reidel, 1989, pp. 553-616. ISBN: 9027716064.
Beaver, David. Presupposition and Assertion in Dynamic Semantics. Stanford, CA: CSLI Publications, 2001. ISBN: 1575861208. |
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The Basics
The Dynamic View |
Stalnaker, Robert. "Pragmatic Presuppositions." In Semantics and Philosophy. Edited by Milton Munitz and Peter Unger. New York, NY: New York University Press, 1974, pp. 197-213. ISBN: 0814753663.
Lewis, David. "Scorekeeping in a Language Game." Journal of Philosophical Logic 8 (1979): 339-359. |
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Case Study: Existential Import
Existential Import |
Geurts, Bart. "Existential Import." To appear in Existence: Syntax and Semantics. Edited by E. Comorovski and K. von Heusinger, 2003. (PDF) |
| Speech Acts |
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The Basics
Speech Act Theory |
Austin, John L. "Performative Utterances." In Philosophical Papers. Edited by J. O. Urmson and G. J. Warnock. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1961, pp. 220-239. ASIN: B0007ISHIM.
Searle, John R. "What is a Speech Act?" In Philosophy in America: Essays. Edited by Max Black. London, UK: George Allen and Unwin, 1965, pp. 221-239. ASIN: B0006DBAQO. |
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The Basics
The Performative Hypothesis |
Levinson, Stephen. "Speech Acts." In Pragmatics. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1983, Chapter 5. ISBN: 0521294142.
Sadock, Jerrold M. "The Performative Hypothesis and its Apparent Failure." In Pragmatics: Critical Concepts. Vol. II. Edited by Asa Kasher. London, UK: Routledge, 1998, pp. 81-86. ISBN: 0415169356. |
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Case Studies: Recent Work
Semantics above Speech Acts |
Krifka, Manfred. "Semantics Below and Above Speech Acts." 2004. (Handout for talk given at Stanford University, April 9, 2004.) (PDF) |
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Case Studies: Recent Work
Expressive Meanings |
Potts, Christopher. "Conventional Implicatures: A Distinguished Class of Meanings." To appear in The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Interfaces. Edited by Gillian Ramchand and Charles Reiss. Cambridge, UK: Oxford University Press, 2003. |
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Case Studies: Recent Work
Epistemic Modals in Speech Acts |
Von Fintal, Kai. (Work in Progress.) |
| Focus |
| 21 |
The Basics
Topic, Focus, and Givenness |
Gundel, Jeanette K., and Thorstein Fretheim. "Topic and Focus." In Handbook of Pragmatics. Edited by Laurence R. Horn and Gregory Ward. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 2004. ISBN: 0631225471.
Buring, Daniel. "Intonation, Semantics and Information Structure." To appear in Interfaces. Edited by Gillian Ramchand and Charles Reiss, 2003. (PDF) |
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Case Study: Focus and Presupposition
Only, Presupposition, and Focus |
Geurts, Bart, and Rob van Der Sandt. "Interpreting Focus." To appear in Theoretical Linguistics, 2004. (With Peer Reviews.) (PDF)
Beaver, David. "Five Only Pieces." To appear in Theoretical Linguistics, 2004. (Open peer review of a paper by Bart Geurts and Rob van der Sandt.) (PDF)
Kratzer, Angelika. "Interpreting focus: Presupposed or expressive meanings? A comment on Geurts and van der Sandt." To appear in Theoretical Linguistics, 2004. (PDF) |
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Case Study: Focus and Presupposition
Taxonomy of Triggers |
Simons, Mandy. "On the Conversational Basis of Some Presuppositions." Semantics and Linguistic Theory (SALT) 11 (2001). (PDF)
Abusch, Dorit. "Lexical Alternatives as a Source of Pragmatic Presuppositions." Semantics and Linguistic Theory (SALT) 12 (2002).
Glanzberg, Michael. "Felicity and Presupposition Triggers." 2003. (Paper given at University of Michigan Workshop in Philosophy and Linguistics, Fall 2003.) |
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Case Study: Focus and Presupposition
Accommodation |
Beaver, David, and Henk Zeevat. "Accommodation." To appear in Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Interfaces. Edited by G. Ramchand and C. Reiss. Cambridge, UK: Oxford University Press, 2004. (PDF) |