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Articles 1 - 16 of 16
Full-Text Articles in Semantics and Pragmatics
Context And Coherence, By Una Stojnic, Robert Stainton, Arthur Sullivan
Context And Coherence, By Una Stojnic, Robert Stainton, Arthur Sullivan
Philosophy Publications
No abstract provided.
"Introduction" To Varieties Of Context-Sensitivity In A Pluri-Propositionalist Reflexive Semantic Framework, Robert Stainton, Arthur Sullivan
"Introduction" To Varieties Of Context-Sensitivity In A Pluri-Propositionalist Reflexive Semantic Framework, Robert Stainton, Arthur Sullivan
Philosophy Publications
This brief introduction to a special issue of Disputatio succinctly summarizes John Perry’s pluri-propositionalist reflexive framework and notes some potential applications to varieties of context-sensitivity.
First-Person Plural Indexicals, Robert Stainton, Arthur Sullivan
First-Person Plural Indexicals, Robert Stainton, Arthur Sullivan
Philosophy Publications
This is a study of an under-developed topic in philosophy of language, namely first-person plural pronouns (‘we’, ‘us’, etc.) Richard Vallee has made very important progress by identifying crucial desiderata and putting forward an ingenious proposal about ‘we’ which addresses them. We contend that, despite this impressive progress, he makes some missteps, both omissions and errors; furthermore, his proposal appears implausible as a personal-level psychological story. We thus sketch an alternative approach to the semantics of the first-person plural indexical which, though it builds on Vallee’s important work, departs substantially from it.
Critical Notice Of Words And Contents, Robert Stainton, Arthur Sullivan
Critical Notice Of Words And Contents, Robert Stainton, Arthur Sullivan
Philosophy Publications
Full review of Richard Vallee's 2018 book Words and Thoughts. The article focuses on the explication and critique of John Perry's "pluri-propositional" or "reflexive referential" view, which Vallee applies to a range of context sensitive expressions.
Linguistic Prescriptivism, Alex Barber, Robert Stainton
Linguistic Prescriptivism, Alex Barber, Robert Stainton
Philosophy Publications
No abstract provided.
Quasi-Factives And Cognitive Efficiency, Axel Barcelo Aspeitia, Robert Stainton
Quasi-Factives And Cognitive Efficiency, Axel Barcelo Aspeitia, Robert Stainton
Philosophy Publications
We introduce the notion of a "quasi-factive" -- sentences such as 'It isn't widely known that Obama has been arrested', which is true because he hasn't been arrested -- and offer an explanation of why we hear them as if they were factives.
Slurs And Register: A Case Study In Meaning Pluralism, Justina Diaz-Legaspe, Chang Liu, Robert Stainton
Slurs And Register: A Case Study In Meaning Pluralism, Justina Diaz-Legaspe, Chang Liu, Robert Stainton
Philosophy Publications
Most theories of slurs fall into one of two families: those which understand slurring terms to involve special descriptive/informational content (however conveyed), and those which understand them to encode special emotive/expressive content. Our view is that both offer essential insights, but that part of what sets slurs apart is use-theoretic content. In particular, we urge that slurring words belong at the intersection of a number of categories in a sociolinguistic register taxonomy, one that usually includes [+slang] and [+vulgar] and always includes [-polite] and [+derogatory]. Thus, e.g., what distinguishes ‘Chinese’ from ‘chink’ is neither a peculiar sort of descriptive nor …
Two Questions About Interpretive Effects, Robert Stainton, Christopher Viger
Two Questions About Interpretive Effects, Robert Stainton, Christopher Viger
Philosophy Publications
We discuss central themes in Lepore and Stone's Imagination and Convention. We begin by laying out their view, and then pose both empirical and methodological criticisms.
Introduction To Discourse, Structure And Linguistic Choice By T. Price Caldwell, Robert Stainton
Introduction To Discourse, Structure And Linguistic Choice By T. Price Caldwell, Robert Stainton
Philosophy Publications
No abstract provided.
Logical Form And The Vernacular Revisited, Andrew Botterell, Robert Stainton
Logical Form And The Vernacular Revisited, Andrew Botterell, Robert Stainton
Philosophy Publications
We revisit a debate initiated some fifteen years ago by Ray Elugardo and Robert Stainton about the domain of arguments. Our main result is that arguments are not exclusively sets of linguistic expressions. Instead, as we put it, some non-linguistic items have ‘logical form’. The crucial examples are arguments, both deductive and inductive, made with unembedded words and phrases.
Full-On Stating, Robert Stainton
Full-On Stating, Robert Stainton
Philosophy Publications
What distinguishes full-on stating a proposition from merely communicating it? For instance, what distinguishes claiming/asserting/saying that one has never smoked crack cocaine from merely implying/conveying/hinting this? The enormous literature on ‘assertion’ provides many approaches to distinguishing stating from, say, asking and commanding: only the former aims at truth; only the former expresses one’s belief; etc. But this leaves my question unanswered, since in merely communicating a proposition one also aims at truth, expresses a belief, etc. My aim is not to criticize extant accounts of the state-vs.-merely-convey contrast, but rather to draw on clues from Dummett, functional linguistics and moral …
Verbing And Nouning, Grace Gomashie, Robert Stainton
Verbing And Nouning, Grace Gomashie, Robert Stainton
Philosophy Publications
This brief encyclopedia entry addresses three questions: What are verbing and nouning? Why are they important for language evolution? And are prescriptive grammarians right to be so unreceptive?
Cuasi Factivos, Axel Barcelo Aspeitia, Robert Stainton
Cuasi Factivos, Axel Barcelo Aspeitia, Robert Stainton
Philosophy Publications
We introduce a construction which we label 'quasi-factive'. They are heard like factives, in that we immediately take the complement to be true. Yet they aren't really factive at all. Examples include: 'It's not widely known that Marta was born in Canada' (because she was born in Uruguay); 'Don't tell anyone that Carlos will run as a candidate' (because he won't); 'Did it bother Jane that Miguel came?' (no, because Miguel didn't come). We identify sub-categories of our quasi-factives, and then tentatively explore a pragmatic explanation of how they work their magic.
Brevity, By Laurence Goldstein, Monica Mcmillan, Robert Stainton
Brevity, By Laurence Goldstein, Monica Mcmillan, Robert Stainton
Philosophy Publications
No abstract provided.
Revisiting Pragmatic Abilities In Autism Spectrum Disorder, Jessica De Villiers, Brooke Myers, Robert Stainton
Revisiting Pragmatic Abilities In Autism Spectrum Disorder, Jessica De Villiers, Brooke Myers, Robert Stainton
Philosophy Publications
In a 2007 paper, we argued that speakers with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) exhibit pragmatic abilities which are surprising given the usual understanding of communication in that group. That is, it is commonly reported that people diagnosed with an ASD have trouble with metaphor, irony, conversational implicature and other non-literal language. This is not a matter of trouble with knowledge and application of rules of grammar. The difficulties lie, rather, in successful communicative interaction. Though we did find pragmatic errors within literal talk, the transcribed conversations we studied showed many, many successes. A second paper reinforced our finding of a …
A Note On 'Pedir' And Control In Spanish, Robert Stainton
A Note On 'Pedir' And Control In Spanish, Robert Stainton
Philosophy Publications
No abstract provided.