What is a Context?
Linguistic approaches and challenges
Editors
| Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz
| Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz
| Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz
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.
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 196] 2012. vii, 253 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
Preface
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vii–viii
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1–6
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Part I. Linguistic perspectives on context
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9–32
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33–54
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55–80
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81–104
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105–128
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129–150
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Part II.Case studies on context
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153–174
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175–198
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199–228
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229–250
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Subject and name index
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251–254
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Subjects
BIC Subject: CFK – Grammar, syntax
BISAC Subject: LAN009000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General