The Handbook of Pragmatics
Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics
1. Edition December 2005
864 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-0-631-22548-5
John Wiley & Sons
The Handbook of Pragmatics is a collection of newly
commissioned articles that provide an authoritative and accessible
introduction to the field, including an overview of the foundations
of pragmatic theory and a detailed examination of the rich and
varied theoretical and empirical subdomains of pragmatics.
* * Contains 32 newly commissioned articles that outline the
central themes and challenges for current research in the field of
linguistic pragmatics.
* Provides authoritative and accessible introduction to the field
and a detailed examination of the varied theoretical and empirical
subdomains of pragmatics.
* Includes extensive bibliography that serves as a research tool
for those working in pragmatics and allied fields in linguistics,
philosophy, and cognitive science.
* Valuable resource for both students and professional
researchers investigating the properties of meaning, reference, and
context in natural language.
List of Contributors viii
Introduction xi
I The Domain of Pragmatics 1
1. Implicature 3
Laurence R. Horn
2. Presupposition 29
Jay David Atlas
3. Speech Acts 53
Jerrold Sadock
4. Reference 74
Gregory Carlson
5. Deixis 97
Stephen C. Levinson
6. Definiteness and Indefiniteness 122
Barbara Abbott
II Pragmatics and Discourse Structure 151
7. Information Structure and Non-canonical Syntax 153
Gregory Ward and Betty Birner
8. Topic and Focus 175
Jeanette K. Gundel and Thorstein Fretheim
9. Context in Dynamic Interpretation 197
Craige Roberts
10. Discourse Markers 221
Diane Blakemore
11. Discourse Coherence 241
Andrew Kehler
12. The Pragmatics of Non-sentences 266
Robert J. Stainton
13. Anaphora and the Pragmatics-Syntax Interface 288
Yan Huang
14. Empathy and Direct Discourse Perspectives 315
Susumu Kuno
15. The Pragmatics of Deferred Interpretation 344
Geoffrey Nunberg
16. Pragmatics of Language Performance 365
Herbert H. Clark
17. Constraints on Ellipsis and Event Reference 383
Andrew Kehler and Gregory Ward
III Pragmatics and its Interfaces 405
18. Some Interactions of Pragmatics and Grammar 407
Georgia M. Green
19. Pragmatics and Argument Structure 427
Adele E. Goldberg
20. Pragmatics and Semantics 442
François Recanati
21. Pragmatics and the Philosophy of Language 463
Kent Bach
22. Pragmatics and the Lexicon 488
Reinhard Blutner
23. Pragmatics and Intonation 515
Julia Hirschberg
24. Historical Pragmatics 538
Elizabeth Closs Traugott
25. Pragmatics and Language Acquisition 562
Eve V. Clark
26. Pragmatics and Computational Linguistics 578
Daniel Jurafsky
IV Pragmatics and Cognition 605
27. Relevance Theory 607
Deirdre Wilson and Dan Sperber
28. Relevance Theory and the Saying/Implicating Distinction 633
Robyn Carston
29. Pragmatics and Cognitive Linguistics 657
Gilles Fauconnier
30. Pragmatic Aspects of Grammatical Constructions 675
Paul Kay
31. The Pragmatics of Polarity 701
Michael Israel
32. Abduction in Natural Language Understanding 724
Jerry R. Hobbs
Bibliography 742
Index 820
Introduction xi
I The Domain of Pragmatics 1
1. Implicature 3
Laurence R. Horn
2. Presupposition 29
Jay David Atlas
3. Speech Acts 53
Jerrold Sadock
4. Reference 74
Gregory Carlson
5. Deixis 97
Stephen C. Levinson
6. Definiteness and Indefiniteness 122
Barbara Abbott
II Pragmatics and Discourse Structure 151
7. Information Structure and Non-canonical Syntax 153
Gregory Ward and Betty Birner
8. Topic and Focus 175
Jeanette K. Gundel and Thorstein Fretheim
9. Context in Dynamic Interpretation 197
Craige Roberts
10. Discourse Markers 221
Diane Blakemore
11. Discourse Coherence 241
Andrew Kehler
12. The Pragmatics of Non-sentences 266
Robert J. Stainton
13. Anaphora and the Pragmatics-Syntax Interface 288
Yan Huang
14. Empathy and Direct Discourse Perspectives 315
Susumu Kuno
15. The Pragmatics of Deferred Interpretation 344
Geoffrey Nunberg
16. Pragmatics of Language Performance 365
Herbert H. Clark
17. Constraints on Ellipsis and Event Reference 383
Andrew Kehler and Gregory Ward
III Pragmatics and its Interfaces 405
18. Some Interactions of Pragmatics and Grammar 407
Georgia M. Green
19. Pragmatics and Argument Structure 427
Adele E. Goldberg
20. Pragmatics and Semantics 442
François Recanati
21. Pragmatics and the Philosophy of Language 463
Kent Bach
22. Pragmatics and the Lexicon 488
Reinhard Blutner
23. Pragmatics and Intonation 515
Julia Hirschberg
24. Historical Pragmatics 538
Elizabeth Closs Traugott
25. Pragmatics and Language Acquisition 562
Eve V. Clark
26. Pragmatics and Computational Linguistics 578
Daniel Jurafsky
IV Pragmatics and Cognition 605
27. Relevance Theory 607
Deirdre Wilson and Dan Sperber
28. Relevance Theory and the Saying/Implicating Distinction 633
Robyn Carston
29. Pragmatics and Cognitive Linguistics 657
Gilles Fauconnier
30. Pragmatic Aspects of Grammatical Constructions 675
Paul Kay
31. The Pragmatics of Polarity 701
Michael Israel
32. Abduction in Natural Language Understanding 724
Jerry R. Hobbs
Bibliography 742
Index 820
"This outstanding and far-ranging compendium comprises 32
articles that trace the contours of the field of pragmatics...
Overall, this is an invaluable, comprehensive, and accessible
volume that covers the broad range of pragmatic study embedded in
cognitive, social, and cultural aspects of language and
communication. Highly recommended."
Choice
"The Handbook of Pragmatics presents a stunning
view of the range of research enterprises and programs of those who
have taken linguistic pragmatics 'out of the wastebasket'. Larry
Horn and Gregory Ward have demonstrated by their selections and
groupings an uncanny understanding of the coherence of this field
and their book will stand as a landmark in linguistics for a long
time to come." Ellen F. Prince, University of
Pennsylvania
"It takes erudition, vision, and good taste to compile a good
handbook of any field, even more so in the notoriously unruly field
of pragmatics. Larry Horn and Gregory Ward have all of these. The
editors have gathered together an excellent array of contributors
to give us a handbook that will prove eminently useful to scholars
and students within and outside pragmatics. Readers will find in it
a reliable guide to the main pragmatic questions of the last three
decades, which is insightful, up-to-date, authoritative, and
accessible." Mira Ariel, Tel Aviv University
"It doesn't take much reading between the lines to see that this
is a stunning collection of essays, written by a cadre of the
field's best. Quality: superb. Quantity: vast. Relation: everything
there is that's relevant to pragmatics. Manner: as clear as it
gets!" Ivan A. Sag, Stanford University
"All in all, the Handbook of Pragmatics represents a
broad spectrum of interests ... The collection's value is enhanced
by an excellent "Introduction" from the joint hands of the editors,
Larry Horn and Gregory Ward ... The book has been superbly
produced, and the articles read generally very well."
Intercultural Pragmatics
articles that trace the contours of the field of pragmatics...
Overall, this is an invaluable, comprehensive, and accessible
volume that covers the broad range of pragmatic study embedded in
cognitive, social, and cultural aspects of language and
communication. Highly recommended."
Choice
"The Handbook of Pragmatics presents a stunning
view of the range of research enterprises and programs of those who
have taken linguistic pragmatics 'out of the wastebasket'. Larry
Horn and Gregory Ward have demonstrated by their selections and
groupings an uncanny understanding of the coherence of this field
and their book will stand as a landmark in linguistics for a long
time to come." Ellen F. Prince, University of
Pennsylvania
"It takes erudition, vision, and good taste to compile a good
handbook of any field, even more so in the notoriously unruly field
of pragmatics. Larry Horn and Gregory Ward have all of these. The
editors have gathered together an excellent array of contributors
to give us a handbook that will prove eminently useful to scholars
and students within and outside pragmatics. Readers will find in it
a reliable guide to the main pragmatic questions of the last three
decades, which is insightful, up-to-date, authoritative, and
accessible." Mira Ariel, Tel Aviv University
"It doesn't take much reading between the lines to see that this
is a stunning collection of essays, written by a cadre of the
field's best. Quality: superb. Quantity: vast. Relation: everything
there is that's relevant to pragmatics. Manner: as clear as it
gets!" Ivan A. Sag, Stanford University
"All in all, the Handbook of Pragmatics represents a
broad spectrum of interests ... The collection's value is enhanced
by an excellent "Introduction" from the joint hands of the editors,
Larry Horn and Gregory Ward ... The book has been superbly
produced, and the articles read generally very well."
Intercultural Pragmatics
Laurence R. Horn is Professor and Director of Graduate
Studies in the Yale University Department of Linguistics. His
publications include A Natural History of Negation
(1989/2001) and numerous articles addressing the union (if not the
intersection) of lexical semantics, negation, and neo-Gricean
approaches to meaning in natural language. He is currently working
on a new book, Lexical Pragmatics.
Gregory Ward is Professor of Linguistics at Northwestern
University. His extensive publications in the area of pragmatics
and information structure include Information Status and
Noncanonical Word Order in English (with Betty Birner, 1998)
and The Semantics and Pragmatics of Preposing (1988). He is
also editor of a new series on language in the real word and
currently serves as Secretary-Treasurer of the Linguistic Society
of America.
Studies in the Yale University Department of Linguistics. His
publications include A Natural History of Negation
(1989/2001) and numerous articles addressing the union (if not the
intersection) of lexical semantics, negation, and neo-Gricean
approaches to meaning in natural language. He is currently working
on a new book, Lexical Pragmatics.
Gregory Ward is Professor of Linguistics at Northwestern
University. His extensive publications in the area of pragmatics
and information structure include Information Status and
Noncanonical Word Order in English (with Betty Birner, 1998)
and The Semantics and Pragmatics of Preposing (1988). He is
also editor of a new series on language in the real word and
currently serves as Secretary-Treasurer of the Linguistic Society
of America.
