The Oxford handbook of experimental semantics and pragmatics
Exploring the growing field of experimental semantics and pragmatics, this volume offers an up-to-date account of research in the field spanning thirty-one different topics, including scalar implicatures, presuppositions, counterfactuals, quantification, metaphor, prosody, and politeness, as well as...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2019, 2019
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| Series: | Oxford handbooks in linguistics / Oxford handbooks in linguistics
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| Collection: | Oxford Handbook Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Exploring the growing field of experimental semantics and pragmatics, this volume offers an up-to-date account of research in the field spanning thirty-one different topics, including scalar implicatures, presuppositions, counterfactuals, quantification, metaphor, prosody, and politeness, as well as exploring how and why a particular experimental method is suitable for addressing a given theoretical debate. In the past twenty years, experimental data has become a major source of evidence for building theories of language meaning and use, encompassing a wide range of topics and methods |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9780191834059 |