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Hendriks, Petra.

Conflicts in Interpretation. - London : Equinox Pub., 2010. - 1 online resource (236 pages). - Advances in Optimality Theory . - Advances in optimality theory. .

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Notes; Chapter 3; Notes; Chapter 4; Notes; Chapter 5; Notes; Chapter 6; Notes; Chapter 7; Notes; Chapter 8; Notes; Chapter 9; References; Author Index; Subject index.

Conflicts in Interpretation applies novel methods of constraint interaction, derived from connectionist theories and implemented in linguistics within the framework of Optimality Theory, to core semantic and pragmatic issues such as polysemy, negation, (in)definiteness, focus, anaphora, and rhetorical structure. It explores the hypothesis that a natural language grammar is a set of potentially conflicting constraints on forms and meanings.

ISBN: 9781845538002 (electronic bk.) 1845538005 (electronic bk.) 9781845534387 1845534387

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Semantics.
Pragmatics.
Constraints (Linguistics)
Optimality theory (Linguistics)
Semantics
Sémantique.
Pragmatique.
Contraintes (Linguistique)
Théorie de l'optimalité (Linguistique)
semantics.
pragmatics.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY--Multi-Language Phrasebooks.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Alphabets & Writing Systems.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Linguistics--General.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Readers.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Spelling.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--General.
Constraints (Linguistics)
Optimality theory (Linguistics)
Pragmatics.
Semantics.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: P325 .C564 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 401.43 401/.43 418.02