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Date: 20-Jul-2005
From: Ellie Brown < Ellie.Brown at elsevier.com >
Subject: Shifting the Focus: Wedgewood 

	
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Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 10:30:56
From: Ellie Brown < Ellie.Brown at elsevier.com >
Subject: Shifting the Focus: Wedgewood 
 



Title: Shifting the Focus 
Subtitle: From Static Structures to the Dynamics of Interpretation 
Series Title: Current Research in the Semantics/Pragmatics Interface, Volume 14  

Publication Year: 2005 
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd.
	   http://www.elsevier.com/linguistics
	

Book URL: http://books.elsevier.com/elsevier/?isbn=0080445772 


Author: David Wedgewood

Hardback: ISBN: 0080445772 Pages: 312 Price: U.S. $ 62.99


Abstract:

How direct is the mapping between linguistic constructions and their
interpretations? Much less direct than we commonly assume, according to
Daniel Wedgwood. Extending current ideas from frameworks like Relevance
Theory and Dynamic Syntax, Wedgwood upholds a radical position on
modelling linguistic competence: the idea of interfacing static syntactic
and semantic representations must be abandoned in favour of models of the
incremental construction of meaning during parsing--which may involve
significant pragmatic enrichment. In illustration, Wedgwood presents a
detailed study of a key meeting point of grammar and pragmatics. 



Linguistic Field(s): Pragmatics
                     Semantics
                     Syntax


Written In: English  (ENG)
	
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