24.954 Pragmatics in Linguistic Theory, Fall 2004

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Author(s)
Von Fintel, Kai
Alternative Title
Pragmatics in Linguistic Theory
Date Issued
December 2004
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.
Subjects
context-dependency
presupposition
implicature
context-change
focus
topic
semantics
pragmatics
quantification
definiteness
presupposition projection
conditionals
modality
anaphora
questions
answers
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
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