Context and coherence : the logic and grammar of prominence / Una Stojnić.
2021
P325.5.C65
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Title
Context and coherence : the logic and grammar of prominence / Una Stojnić.
Author
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780191897825 (electronic book)
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (240 pages).
Call Number
P325.5.C65
Dewey Decimal Classification
401.43
Summary
Natural languages are riddled with context-sensitivity. One and the same string of words can express many different meanings on occasion of use, and yet we understand one another effortlessly, on the fly. How do we do so? What fixes the meaning of context-sensitive expressions, and how are we able to recover the meaning so effortlessly? This book offers a novel response: we can do so because we draw on a broad array of subtle linguistic conventions that determine the interpretation of context-sensitive items.
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Natural languages are riddled with context-sensitivity. One and the same string of words can express many different meanings on occasion of use, and yet we understand one another effortlessly, on the fly. How do we do so? What fixes the meaning of context-sensitive expressions, and how are we able to recover the meaning so effortlessly? This book offers a novel response: we can do so because we draw on a broad array of subtle linguistic conventions that determine the interpretation of context-sensitive items.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on February 17, 2021).
Series
Oxford scholarship online.
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9780198865469
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