Get Free Shipping on orders over $0
Presupposition and Assertion in Dynamic Semantics : A Critical Review of Linguistic Theories of Preposition and a Dynamic Alternative - David I. Beaver

Presupposition and Assertion in Dynamic Semantics

A Critical Review of Linguistic Theories of Preposition and a Dynamic Alternative

By: David I. Beaver

Paperback | 1 June 2001 | Edition Number 1

At a Glance

Paperback


RRP $42.95

$37.99

12%OFF

or 4 interest-free payments of $9.50 with

 or 

Available for Backorder. We will order this from our supplier however there isn't a current ETA.

Russell and Strawson sparked a well known debate on the subject of Linguistic Presupposition inspiring many linguists and philosophers to follow suit, including Frege, whose work initiated the modern study in this area. Beaver begins with the most comprehensive overview and critical discussion of this burgeoning field published to date. He then goes on to motivate and develop his own account based on a Dynamic Semantics. This account is a recent line of theoretical work in which the Tarskian emphasis on truth conditions is questioned. The central plank of the theory of meaning is a formal account of the change in information effected by use of language on hearers or readers. The proposal thus consolidates ideas of Stalnaker, Karttunen and Heim, all of whom had suggested that such an account was needed. At the same time it provides a new impulse and motivation to Dynamic Semantics itself.

More in Language Learning & Teaching

Magic Beach - Alison Lester

Paperback

RRP $19.99

$15.99

20%
OFF
Ganz Klasse! 1 Workbook - Edda Kamphues

$49.99

Obento Deluxe Workbook with 1 Access Code for 26 Months - Sue Xouris
Explicit Instruction : Effective and Efficient Teaching - Anita L. Archer
Reading Latin - 2nd Edition : Text and Vocabulary - Peter Jones

RRP $45.95

$40.75

11%
OFF
Schaum's Outline of French Grammar : 7th Edition - Mary Coffman Crocker

RRP $37.95

$28.75

24%
OFF
Obento Supreme Workbook with 1 Access Code for 26 Months - Kyoko Kusumoto
King Lear : Cambridge School Shakespeare - Rex Gibson
Reading Latin - 2nd Edition : Grammar and Exercises - Peter Jones
An Introduction to Language : 10th Edition - Victoria Fromkin

RRP $137.95

$114.75

17%
OFF
Teaching Language in Context : 3rd Edition - Beverly Derewianka

RRP $91.95

$78.75

14%
OFF
How to Write Psychology Reports and Assignments : 10th Edition - Leah Kaufmann
Playing Beatie Bow : Puffin Books - Ruth Park

RRP $16.99

$15.99

The Story Writer's Handbook : Adventures in Creative Writing - Katrina Nannestad
The Bad-Tempered Ladybird - Eric Carle

RRP $16.99

$15.99

All Through The Year - Jane Godwin

RRP $24.99

$21.75

13%
OFF
Kodansha's Furigana Japanese Dictionary : Kodansha Dictionaries - Masatoshi Yoshida