This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The present paper is an attempt to demarcate the fields of Semantics and Pragmatics. The traditional problem of intrusion of Semantics upon ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The semantics/pragmatics distinction was once considered central to the philosophy of language, but recently the distinction's viability and ...

What kind of communication exists between two people who, without a word passing between them, paint a wall together? How do we manage to transmit a whole message with just one word? How is it ...

The Department of Linguistics at Stanford University may have a position available for a visiting faculty member to teach graduate and undergraduate courses and advise students in the field of ...

I joined DMU in 2015 and am a VC2020 senior lecturer in English Language. My research interests are pragmatics and philosophy of language, specifically the nature of word meanings and concepts, and ...