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Thursday, February 13, 2020

O. F. R. Greenhall on H. P. Grice



THE SEMANTICS/PRAGMATICS DISTINCTION:
A DEFENCE OF GRICE

Semantics/Pragmatics: An Historical Overview
Initial Definitions
Semantics
The Development of Pragmatics: Morris to Grice
Two Types of Pragmatics?
Alternative Interpretations
What is Said
The Basic Triad
Problems for the Basic Triad
Kent Bach
Cappelen and Lepore
Jason Stanley
Ken Taylor
François Recanati
The Semantics/Pragmatics Distinction
Conventional Implicature
Classic Cases and Further Examples
Are Conventional Implicatures a Myth?
Testing for Conventional Implicatures
Pronouns
A Hypothesis
Testing Pronouns and Gender
Testing Pronouns and Number
Formal Treatment
Assessing the Formalisation
Concluding Remarks
Conversational Implicature
Grice’s Theory
Exploiting a Maxim
Generalised Conversational Implicature
Tests for Conversational Implicatures
Scalar Implicature
A Brief History of Scalar Implicature
Sauerland’s Sophisticated Account
The Pragmatic Account
Chierchia’s Computational Account
Levinson on Scalar Implicature
Concluding Remarks
Minimalism and Quantification
Quantifier Domain Restriction
Bach’s Account
Problems For Bach
More Minimalism
The Inter-Contextual Disquotational Indirect Report Test
VP-Ellipsis and Collective Descriptions
The Inter-Contextual Disquotational Test
Wettstein’s Objection
Concluding Remarks
Unarticulated Domains
Unarticulated Constituents
Stanley’s Theory of Nominal Restriction
Motivations for NRT
Pagin on The Binding Argument
A Simple Account of Domain Relativisation
Getting Things Right in Most of John’s Classes
Concluding Remarks
Further Applications
A Look Back at Bach’s List
‘Is Red’
Concluding Remarks
Conclusion
Appendix A: The Logic LCI
Appendix B: Logics of Domain Restriction 
References

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