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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data The senantIcs/pragnatIcs Interface fron different points of view / [edited] by Ken Turner. — 1st ed. p. en. — (Current research In the senantIcs/pragnatIcs interface ; v. 1) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-08-043080-5 1. Semantics. 2. Pragnatlcs. 3. Discourse analysis. I. Turner. Ken (Ken P.) II. Series. P325.S3814 1999 401'.43—dc21 98-45320 CIP ISBN: 008 043080 5 © The paper used in this publication meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (Permanence of Paper). Printed in The Netherlands. The early difficulties in the way of spontaneous progress are so great, that... a ruler full of the spirit of improvement is warranted in the use of any expedients. John Stuart Mill, On Liberty This page intentionally left blank List of Contributors Asher, N., University of Texas, Austin, TX (Ch. 1). Bach, K., San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA (Ch. 3). Carston, R., University College, London (Ch. 4). Gillon, B.S., McGill University, Montreal (Ch. 5). Gu, Y., The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing (Ch. 6). Hand, M., Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (Ch. 7). Jaszczolt, K.M., University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK (Ch. 8). Kehler, A., SRI International, Menlo Park, CA (Ch. 9). Krifka, M., University of Texas, Austin, TX (Ch. 10). Kubo, S., Matsuyama University, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan (Ch. 11). Lee, Ch., Seoul National University, Seoul (Ch. 12). Nemo, E, Universite d'Orleans, France (Ch. 13). Peregrin, J., Institute of Philosophy, Prague (Ch. 14). Ramsay, A., Centre for Computational Linguistics, UMIST, Manchester, England, UK (Ch. 15). Turner, K., University of Brighton, Brighton, UK. van der Auwera, J., University of Antwerp (UIA), Wilrijk (Ch. 2). Ward, G., Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (Ch. 9). This page intentionally left blank Contents List of Contributors vii Introduction - from a certain point of view (seven inch version) 1 K. Turner 1. Discourse structure and the logic of conversation 19 N. Asher 2. On the semantic and pragmatic polyfunctionality of modal verbs 49 J. van der Auwera 3. The semantics-pragmatics distinction: What it is and why it matters 65 K. Bach 4. The semantics/pragmatics distinction: A view from relevance theory 85 R. Carston 5. English indefinite noun phrases and plurality 127 B.S. Gillon 6. Towards a model of situated discourse analysis 149 Y.Gu 1. Semantics vs. pragmatics: ANY in game-theoretical semantics 179 M. Hand 8. Default semantics, pragmatics, and intentions 199 K.M. Jaszczolt 9. On the semantics and pragmatics of 'identifier so' 233 A. Kehler, A. Kehler and G. Ward 10. At least some determiners aren't determiners 257 M. Krifka 11. On an illocutionary connective datte 293 S. Kubo 12 Contrastive topic: A locus of interface evidence from Korean and English 317 Ch. Lee 13 The pragmatics of signs, the semantics of relevance, and the semantics/pragmatics interface 343 F. Nemo