Overview

Context is a core notion of linguistic theory. However, while there are numerous attempts at explaining single aspects of the notion of context, these attempts are rather diverse and do not easily converge to a unified theory of context. The present multi-faceted collection of papers reconsiders the notion of context and its challenges for linguistics from different theoretical and empirical angles. Part I offers insights into a wide range of current approaches to context, including theoretical pragmatics, neurolinguistics, clinical pragmatics, interactional linguistics, and psycholinguistics. Part II presents new empirical findings on the role of context from case studies on idioms, unarticulated constituents, argument linking, and numerically-quantified expressions. Bringing together different theoretical frameworks, the volume provides thought-provoking discussions of how the notion of context can be understood, modeled, and implemented in linguistics. It is essential for researchers interested in theoretical and applied linguistics, the semantics/pragmatics interface, and experimental pragmatics.

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Author:   Rita Finkbeiner (Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz) ,  Jörg Meibauer (Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz) ,  Petra B. Schumacher (Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   196
Weight:   0.620kg
ISBN:  

9789027255792

ISBN 10:   9027255792
Pages:   253
Publication Date:   23 October 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Preface; 2. Introduction (by Finkbeiner, Rita); 3. Part I. Linguistic perspectives on context; 4. What is a context?: Theoretical and empirical evidence (by Meibauer, Jorg); 5. Context in neurolinguistics: Time-course data from electrophysiology (by Schumacher, Petra B.); 6. Theorising context: The case of clinical pragmatics (by Cummings, Louise); 7. Context: Gricean intentions vs. two-dimensional semantics (by Jaszczolt, Katarzyna M.); 8. Contexts in interaction: Relating pragmatic wastebaskets (by Fetzer, Anita); 9. What's non-linguistic visual context?: A view from language comprehension (by Knoeferle, Pia); 10. Part II.Case studies on context; 11. Emergent contexts: Observations on the context-creative power of idioms (by Finkbeiner, Rita); 12. The role of context in interpreting implicit meaning aspects (by Borjesson, Kristin); 13. Contextually enriched argument linking (by Klein, Udo); 14. Modelling context within a constraint-based account of quantifier usage (by Cummins, Chris); 15. Subject and name index

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