Nothing Is Said - Utterance and Interpretation

In everyday talk about language, we distinguish between what someone said and what they implied, or otherwise conveyed, a distinction carried into theorising about language and communication. Nothing is Said argues that it is a mistake to import the notion of saying into our models of basic linguistic communication.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: Varieties of what is said


• 2: Linguistic vs. behavioural communication


• 3: Linguistic communication proper


• 4: What is said and behavioural communication


• 5: Pragmatics when nothing is said


• 6: Assertion when nothing is said


• 7: The Brandomian substrate


• Conclusion

About the author

Mark Jary is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics and Philosophy at the University of Roehampton, where he taught for over 20 years. He has published widely on topics relating to speech acts, linguistic mood, theory of mind, and the interaction between these.

Summary

In everyday talk about language, we distinguish between what someone said and what they implied, or otherwise conveyed, a distinction carried into theorising about language and communication. Nothing is Said argues that it is a mistake to import the notion of saying into our models of basic linguistic communication.

Additional text

The book contains lots of penetrating detailed discussions of core, significant issues. This is an important contribution to the Semantics/ Pragmatics literature.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Jary, Mark (Emeritus Professor of Linguistics and Jary, Jary Mark
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.09.2022
• EAN: 9780192863188
• ISBN: 978-0-19-286318-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Philosophy of Language, PHILOSOPHY / Language, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Pragmatics, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Semantics & pragmatics