Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language and Cognition

By: Mark Jary

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Assertion is a term frequently used in linguistics and philosophy but rarely defined. This in-depth study surveys and synthesizes a range of philosophical, linguistic and psychological literature on the topic, and then presents a detailed account of the cognitive processes involved in the interpretation of assertions.

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'Jary's synthesis of linguistic, cognitive scientific and philosophical insights about assertion, so necessary at this stage of inquiry, is simply masterful: just the right degree of comprehensiveness; meticulous and balanced exegesis; and extreme clarity. There can be no question that this book will now become the point of departure for future studies of assertion as a unified, multifaceted cognitive-social phenomenon.' Rob Stainton, University of Western Ontario, Canada

'[This] book is well organized and engaging. Jary writes clearly and passionately, and I can recommend the book to anyone with a serious interest in assertion, and not just because it is the first monograph on the topic.' - Peter Pagin, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

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List of Figures and Tables	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. x
Introduction	p. 1
Assertion in Speech-act Theory	p. 6
Introduction	p. 6
Two types of speech-act theorist	p. 6
Speech-act fundamentalists and assertion	p. 16
Conclusion	p. 30
Assertion, Belief and Knowledge	p. 32
Introduction	p. 32
Assertion and belief: what is the correct order of explanation?	p. 33
Assertion and belief attribution	p. 38
Assertion and knowledge	p. 46
Conclusion	p. 50
A Sign of Assertion	p. 52
Introduction	p. 52
Frege's assertion sign	p. 53
Assertion: illocution and inference	p. 56
A natural-language assertion sign?	p. 59
Conclusion	p. 82
Assertion and Common Ground	p. 84
Introduction	p. 84
Sense, force and representation in Stalnaker's account	p. 85
Assertion and presupposition	p. 92
Comparison with Relevance Theory	p. 99
Conclusion	p. 103
Assertion and Mood	p. 105
Introduction	p. 105
Mood in formal semantics	p. 105
Speech-act approaches to mood	p. 120
Conclusion	p. 128
Assertion and Main Point	p. 129
Introduction	p. 129
Non-asserted main point	p. 130
Assertion, presupposition and conventional implicature	p. 134
Ordered entailments	p. 138
Conclusion	p. 148
Assertion and Relevance	p. 150
Introduction	p. 150
Relevance in a context vs. relevance to an individual	p. 151
Context types	p. 152
Mood and force	p. 155
Assertion and main point	p. 173
Relevance maximising vs. relevance optimising	p. 177
Comparison with other frameworks	p. 192
Conclusion	p. 194
Conclusion	p. 196
Notes	p. 199
References	p. 211
Index	p. 219
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