Cappelen, Herman.

Language turned on itself : the semantics and pragmatics of metalinguistic discourse / Herman Cappelen and Ernie Lepore. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. - x, 169 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [160]-164) and index.

Advertisement -- 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.

9780199231195 (alk. paper) 0199231192 (alk. paper)

2007039702

GBA759553 bnb

013805311 Uk


Metalanguage.
Quotation.
Semantics.
Pragmatics.

P128.M48 / C37 2007

410.1 CAP L