pragmatics

[James A. Landau]

In a message dated 2/2/01 9:03:08 AM Eastern Standard Time,
laurence.horn at YALE.EDU writes:

<<  A useful  RT-oriented intro text is Understanding Utterances by Blakemore
>>

The mind boggles at the thought that an entire book had to be written about
how to understand what Professor Blakemore is saying.  Do Blakemore's
students find this book useful?

Similarly there is the Center for Human Understanding of the University of
Chicago.

For the military history buff, there is the Center for Naval Analyses of the
University of Rochester.

Seriously, is there a term for such misunderstandings (or plays on words) due
to ignoring or missing the place where one thought ends and the next one
begins?

         - Jim Landau