Presupposition and the Delimitation of Semantics
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In this book, first published in 1975, Dr Kempson argues that previous work on presupposition - whether in philosophy or linguistics - has been mistakenly based on a conflation of two different disciplines: semantics, the study of the meanings assigned to the formal system which constitutes a language, and pragmatics, the study of the use of that system in communication. The first part of the book deals generally with the nature of semantics in linguistic...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521099382
ISBN13:9780521099387
Release Date:July 1975
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:248 Pages
Weight:0.81 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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