Language turned on itself : the semantics and pragmatics of metalinguistic discourse

Language turned on itself : the semantics and pragmatics of metalinguistic discourse / Herman Cappelen and Ernie Lepore.

'Language Turned on Itself' is a book about how language can be used to talk about language. It examines the semantics, the pragmatics, and the syntax of linguistic devices that can be used in this way.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Cappelen, Herman
Other Authors:	LePore, Ernest, 1950-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Subjects:	Metalanguage. Quotation. Semantics. Pragmatics. semantics. pragmatics. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Semantics. Metalanguage Pragmatics Quotation Semantics
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Table of Contents:

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Preliminaries : quotation and varieties of quotation
Part I: Data
Overview
Omitted quotation marks
Impure direct quotes
Mixed quotation
Quotation and context sensitivity
Part II: Theory
Use theories quotation
Proper names and description theories of quotation
Davidson's theory of quotation
Minimal theory of quotation
On the nature of quotable items: signs and expressions.