Pragmatics · A Slim Guide by Birner, Betty J. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover page Halftitle page Title page Copyright page Contents Acknowledgments 1. Introduction

For starters: Some basic terminology Semantics Conclusion

2. Literal vs. non-literal meaning

Natural and non-natural meaning Conventional and intentional meaning Context-dependent and context-independent meaning Truth-conditional and non-truth-conditional meaning

3. Implicature

The Cooperative Principle Tests for conversational implicature The Gricean model of meaning Implicature after Grice Conclusion

4. Speech acts

Direct and indirect speech acts Illocutionary force and perlocutionary effect Applications of the theory Politeness

5. Reference

The discourse model Referents Sense and reference Indexicals and deixis

6. Definiteness and anaphora

Definites vs. indefinites Theories of definiteness Anaphora

7. Presupposition

Presupposition triggers Pragmatic views of presupposition Accommodation

8. Information structure

Given and new information Preposing and postposing constructions Presupposition/focus constructions Other constructions and constraints

9. New directions

Research methods New directions in theory

10. Conclusion Glossary Sources of naturally occurring examples Index

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