Linguistic Meaning, Truth Conditions and Relevance: The Case of Concessives
Corinne Iten
Many linguists and philosophers of language explain linguistic meaning in terms of truth conditions. This book focuses on the meanings of expressions that escape such truth-conditional treatment, in particular the concessives: but, even if, and although. Corinne Iten proposes semantic analyses of these expressions based on the cognitive framework of relevance theory. A thoroughly cognitive approach to linguistic meaning is presented in which linguistic forms are seen as mapping onto mental entities, rather than individuals and properties in the real world. Researchers and advanced students in pragmatics will find this account lucid, clear and accessible.
Book of the Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language and Cognition series
- ISBN: 0333995732
- ISBN-13: 9780333995730
- Author : Corinne Iten
- Language : English
- Format: Hardcover - Search for other formats
- Publication Date: 7/1/2005
- Publisher Imprint: Palgrave MacMillan
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