A relevance-theoretic account of reference, with a focus on its role in creating stylistic, attitudinal and emotional effects.

Introduces the major elements of semantics in a simple, step-by-step fashion. Sections of explanation and examples are followed by practice exercises with answe

Reference production, often termed Referring Expression Generation (REG) in computational linguistics, encompasses two distinct tasks: (1) one-shot REG, and (2)

Critical Pragmatics develops three ideas: language is a way of doing things with words; meanings of phrases and contents of utterances derive ultimately from hu

The authors present a collection of brand-new essays on important topics at the intersection of philosophy and linguistics.