24.954 Pragmatics in Linguistic Theory, Fall 2004

Von Fintel, Kai

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Von Fintel, Kai

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Pragmatics in Linguistic Theory

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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.

Date issued

2004-12

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/41937

Department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy

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24.954-Fall2004

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Keywords

context-dependency, presupposition, implicature, context-change, focus, topic, semantics, pragmatics, quantification, definiteness, presupposition projection, conditionals, modality, anaphora, questions, answers

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