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Semantics vs. pragmatics

Published online: 3 October 2022
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Article outline
  • 1.Fregean beginnings
  • 2.From then until now
  • 3.Current manoeuvres: (Neo-(Post-))Gricean pragmatics
    • 3.1Relevance Theory
    • 3.2The Least Effort Hypothesis
    • 3.3The Q-, I- and M-Principles Hypothesis
    • 3.4Pragmatic intrusion
  • 4.Current manoeuvres: (Neo-(Post-))Kaplanean semantics
  • 5.Postscript: The logical basis of the semantics-pragmatics interface
  • 6.Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
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