Linguistic pragmatism and weather reporting
Auteur :
Collins, John
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198851134
Date de publication :
26 mars 2020
Dimensions :
22,4 x 14,1 x 1,8 cm
Poids :
410 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
John Collins defends the doctrine of linguistic pragmatism--arguing that linguistic meaning alone fails to fix truth conditions and detailing the relative sparseness of what language alone can provide to semantic interpretation--through his novel analysis of the syntax, semantics, and pragmatics of weather reporting.