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SUMMARY:Neo-Gricean pragmatics: From anaphora through the Square of Opposi
 tion to relationship breakdown - Yan Huang\, University of Auckland
DTSTART:20100616T150000Z
DTEND:20100616T163000Z
UID:TALK24965@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Dr. Luna Filipovic
DESCRIPTION:Pragmatics - the systematic study of language in use - is a ra
 pidly developing discipline in linguistics. Since its inception\, classica
 l and neo-Gricean pragmatics has revolutionized pragmatic theorizing and h
 as to date remained one of the foundation stones of contemporary thinking 
 in linguistic pragmatics and the philosophy of language. In this lecture\,
  I shall first outline a version of neo-Gricean pragmatics\, which has put
  the classical Gricean pragmatic theory on a much more rigorous basis. I s
 hall then assess the role this version of neo-Gricean pragmatics plays in 
 effecting a radical simplification of the lexicon\, semantics\, and syntax
  in linguistic theory\, utilizing some of my own research in these areas. 
 Finally\, I shall further demonstrate the predictive and explanatory power
  of the neo-Gricean pragmatic theory by showing how it can shed light on c
 ertain legal cases and account for the communicative aspect of relationshi
 p breakdown.\n\n\n\n
LOCATION:GR06-7\, English Faculty\, 9 West Road (Sidgwick Site)
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