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Language Use

A Philosophical Investigation into the Basic Notions of Pragmatics

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  • © 1996

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Authors:
  1. Pär Segerdahl

    1. Uppsala University, Sweden

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Part of the book series: Studies in Social Policy (STUDSOPO)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Pär Segerdahl
      Pages 1-12

  3. Deixis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. Language and Context

      • Pär Segerdahl
      Pages 15-24

    3. The Pragmatic Account of Deixis

      • Pär Segerdahl
      Pages 25-30

    4. Context-Dependence

      • Pär Segerdahl
      Pages 31-44

    5. Ironical Use of Indexical Expressions

      • Pär Segerdahl
      Pages 45-49

  4. Conversational Implicature

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51
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    2. The Semantic Reading and Conversational Implicature

      • Pär Segerdahl
      Pages 53-65

    3. Literal Meaning

      • Pär Segerdahl
      Pages 66-75

    4. The Pragmatic Notion of Order

      • Pär Segerdahl
      Pages 76-83

    5. General Principles of Rationality as a Basis for Language Use

      • Pär Segerdahl
      Pages 84-98

    6. Formal Pragmatics

      • Pär Segerdahl
      Pages 99-106

  5. Speech Acts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107
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    2. The Speaker-Hearer Scheme of Communication

      • Pär Segerdahl
      Pages 109-119

    3. Speech Acts versus Language Games

      • Pär Segerdahl
      Pages 120-135

    4. Language vs Languages and Philosophy vs Linguistics

      • Pär Segerdahl
      Pages 136-152

    5. Intentions and Beliefs as Conditions for Use

      • Pär Segerdahl
      Pages 153-170

    6. The Semantic Reading and the Notion of Indirect Speech

      • Pär Segerdahl
      Pages 171-182

  6. Presupposition

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 183-183
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Language Use offers a philosophical examination of the basic conceptual framework of pragmatic theory, and contrasts this framework with detailed descriptions of our everyday practices of language use. While the results should be highly relevant to pragmatics, the investigation is not a contribution to pragmatic theory. Drawing on Ludwig Wittgenstein's approach to philosophical problems, Language Use brings out the relevance of Wittgenstein's methods to fundamental problems in central pragmatic fields of research such as deixis, implicatures, speech acts and presuppositions.

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    Pär Segerdahl

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