Since insinuation–through which speakers implicitly convey negative ascriptions nonovertly
(Bell, 1997)–is in theory plausibly deniable, many scholars who have tried to account for the …

This squib provides a theoretical discussion on the use of the terms semantics and
pragmatics in Construction Grammar. In the literature, the difference between semantics and …

This paper explores the interface between pragmatics and argumentation by considering the
impact of different types of implicit meaning on different types of rhetorical effects. On the …

This paper considers four lines of objection to the efficacy or worth of Grice's cancellability
test for conversational implicatures–the coherence objection, the entailment objection, the …

One of the central tasks for metasemantics is to characterize what semantics is. The more
specific problem of where to draw the line between semantics and pragmatics has received …

This light piece reflects on analogies between two often disjoint streams of research: the
logical semantics and pragmatics of natural language and dynamic logics of general …

Recent research has suggested that some conventionally masculine address terms are
becoming more gender neutral in English speaking countries. This study examines the four …

This paper explores the interface between pragmatics and argumentation by considering the
impact of different types of implicit meaning on different types of rhetorical effects. On the …

Program, Sanata Dharma University. Novel is one of the forms of communication between a
writer and the readers. To make the communication more interesting, writers use figurative …

O objetivo deste artigo é propor uma explicação da noção de conteúdo semântico. Tentarei
mostrar que minha explicação tem algumas vantagens sobre as explicações existentes, e …