The Semantics-Pragmatics Controversy

1

From the quotes given above, this is especially apparent in Cole’s, who uses the terms literal and non-literal as synonymous to conventional and non-conventional, respectively.

2

In fact a third possibility has been proposed, namely that semantics DOES indeed have both the properties of dealing with context-independent meaning only and for sentences determining the propositions expressed by them. However, the thus determined level of meaning is taken to be distinct from Grice’s level of what is said. For a detailed discussion of the various different approaches to the semantics/pragmatics distinction, see chapter 3.

3

See chapter 2 for detailed arguments supporting such a view.

4

See chapters 3 and 4 for further details.

5

Note that in what ...