Publications

Publication details [#1076]

Bar-Hillel, Yehoshua. 1970. Argumentation in pragmatic languages. In Bar-Hillel, Yehoshua, ed. Aspects of language: Essays and lectures on philosophy of language, linguistic philosophy and methodology of linguistics. North-Holland. pp. 206–221.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

argumentation | co-text | situation

Annotation

B. expresses the belief that the irrationality in the usual approaches to argumentation in natural languages is due to the insufficient understanding of the essentially pragmatic character of those languages, i.e. their essential dependence on linguistic co-text and extra-linguistic context.

Reprints

Anonymus. 1970. Communication and argumentation in pragmatic languages. In Anonymus, ed. Linguaggi nella società e nella technica. Edizioni di Comunita. pp. 269–284.