Particles at the Semantics/pragmatics Interface
Author | : Maj-Britt Mosegaard Hansen |
Publisher | : Elsevier |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2008 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780080552934 |
ISBN-13 | : 0080552935 |
Rating | : 4/5 (34 Downloads) |
Download or read book Particles at the Semantics/pragmatics Interface written by Maj-Britt Mosegaard Hansen and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2008 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book elucidates the nature of the semantics / pragmatics distinction in both synchrony and diachrony and proposes a definition of semantics and pragmatics that is orthogonal to the question of truth-conditionality. A corollary aim of the study is to propose an account of how and why erstwhile pragmatically-determined elements of meaning may, in the course of time, become semanticized.