Chapter 1. Cognitive linguistics and pragmatics

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Chapter 1
Cognitive linguistics and pragmatics

Published online: 16 March 2022

Article outline

1.Introduction
2.Pragmatics
- 2.1Some basic features of contemporary pragmatics
- 2.2The semantics-pragmatics dichotomy: Advantages and drawbacks
  - 2.2.1Meaning and truth conditions
  - 2.2.2Truth conditions and (lack of) coherence
  - 2.2.3Non-declarative sentence types
  - 2.2.4The role of pragmatic inferences in the assignment of truth values
  - 2.2.5Deixis
  - 2.2.6Conventional non-truth conditional meanings
  - 2.2.7Preliminary conclusion
3.A cognitive linguistic view of pragmatics
- 3.1Introduction
- 3.2Towards a blend of cognitive linguistics and pragmatics
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