Grice cited in blurb for book on "Pragmatics"

Szabó, Zoltán Gendler (ed)
Publication Information:Oxford: Clarendon Press; 2005.
Document Type:Monograph
Subjects:ANAPHORA
ASSERTION
BINDING
FOCUS
LOGIC
PRAGMATICS
SEMANTICS
Abstract:The book offers a stimulating series of original essays on this issue by some of the world's leading specialists, and includes an introduction which outlines the orthodox conception of the distinction (going back to Paul Grice's seminal work) and some of the reasons it has recently come under severe criticism. The volume's ten chapters cut through the terminological confusion which inevitably accompanies debates about disciplinary boundaries and vividly illustrate where the real fault-lines lie. Together, they reveal the conceptual subtlety and empirical richness of this vital issue, considerably advancing our understanding of it. (publisher, edited)