Local vs. global pragmatics. Issue 5 (4th July 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Borg, Emma
• Is Part Of: Inquiry. Volume 60:Issue 5(2017)
• Page Start: 509
• Page End: 516
• Publication Date: 2017-07-04
• Subjects: Semantics -- pragmatics -- minimalism -- contextualism; Philosophy -- Periodicals; Social sciences -- Philosophy -- Periodicals; Philosophy -- Periodicals; Social Sciences -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; Philosophie -- Périodiques; Sciences sociales -- Philosophie -- Périodiques; 105
• DOI: 10.1080/0020174X.2016.1246862
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0020-174X

Abstract

Abstract: In 'Local pragmatics in a Gricean framework', Mandy Simons argues that, contrary to the received view, it is possible to accommodate local pragmatic effects utilising just the mechanisms for pragmatic reasoning provided by Grice. Although I agree with this overarching claim, this paper argues that we need to be careful in our understanding of 'what is said', and the nature of communicated content in general, when deciding between local and global accounts of pragmatic effects.