Actually, I think it's useful to consider semantics-pragmatics as a
spectrum, at least from the viewpoint of theoretical/formal
linguistics. (01)
Wider issues, say at the discourse/conversation level, involve more
pragmatics, including coreference/anaphora/cataphora, topic/focus,
speech act theory, performatives/etc., Gricean maxims, conversational
implicature, propositional attitudes, aspectual theory, etc. (02)
Thanks,
Leo (03)
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>Christopher Menzel wrote:
>> Fabian Neuhaus wrote:
>>
>>> ...
>>>
>>> The only people who made up their mind are logicians:
>according to them
>>> whatever aspect of 'meaning' they can analyze with the help
>of a model
>>> theory is semantics, everything else is pragmatics. This is
>the garbage
>>> can definition of "pragmatics". :-)
>>>
>>
>> And just to muddy the waters further, a large chunk of Montague
>> semantics consists of the model theoretic analysis of many
>linguistic
>> phenomena (notably, indexicals) that had, before Montague,
>largely been
>> consigned to the pragmatic scrapheap. Moreoever, this work
>is referred
>> to (oxymoronically?) as "formal pragmatics".
>>
>> -chris
>>
>>
>
>Yes. There are other examples, e.g. "Dynamic Semantics" -- which is
>concerned the processing of discourses, with particular
>emphasis on the
>resolution of pronouns across different statements. I think the best
>way to make sense of it is that people who call Montague Semantics and (04)
>Dynamic Semantics "semantics" embrace the garbage can definition of
>"pragmatics". People who call Montague Semantics and Dynamic Semantics (05)
>"formal pragmatics" embrace the original distinction between
>"semantics"
>and "pragmatics", but want to point out that these theories apply a
>logic inspired methodology to pragmatics.
>
>-- Fabian
>
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