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Edited by Jef Verschueren and Jan-Ola Östman
[Handbook of Pragmatics M2] 2022
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Contextualism

Published online: 3 October 2022
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https://doi.org/10.1075/hop.m2.con16
Article outline
  • 1.Two perspectives
  • 2.Semantic minimalism
  • 3.Indexicalism
  • 4.Radical contextualism
    • 4.1Overview
    • 4.2Wittgenstein, Austin, Searle, and Travis
    • 4.3Motivations for radical contextualism
    • 4.4Objections to radical contextualism
  • 5.Nonindexical contextualism
  • 6.Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
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