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Expressive Meaning and Speech Acts / edited by Xavier Villalba, M. Teresa Espinal. - 1 online resource (230 pages) : illustrations. - Current Research in the Semantics / Pragmatics Interface ; 42 Language and Linguistics E-Books Online, Collection 2026 . - Current Research in the Semantics / Pragmatics Interface ; 42. Language and Linguistics E-Books Online, Collection 2026 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In addition to introducing a denotational meaning, utterances often convey an expressive meaning, that provides information about the speaker or the judger. This volume collects original research papers on the semantics and pragmatics of expressive meaning in interaction with speech acts, and on the way that these two domains are encoded in syntax. By covering a broad variety of well-known and new expressive phenomena –including non-lexical datives, tense, modality, expletive negation, minimizers, conditionals, or mood– the contributions uncover the pervasive presence of expressive meaning across speech acts, while providing new insight into the old and new issues at the semantics-pragmatics interface.


English

ISBN: 9789004749917

Standard No.: 10.1163/9789004749917 DOI

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Languages and Linguistics.
Pragmatics & Discourse Analysis.
Semantics.

LC Class. No.: P57.I4

Dewey Class. No.: 418/.007/054