Minimal Semantics

by Emma Borg

Book Overview

Minimal Semantics asks what a theory of literal linguistic meaning is for--if you were to be given a working theory of meaning for a language right now, what would you be able to do with it? Emma Borg sets out to defend a formal approach to semantic theorizing from a relatively new type of opponent--advocates of what she calls "dual pragmatics." According to dual pragmatists, rich pragmatic processes play two distinct roles in linguistic comprehension:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199206929
• ISBN13: 9780199206926
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.6" x 9.1"