Meaning, Context and Methodology.

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part 1: The contextual turn and the case for reference, truth-conditions and meaning -- Open texture and schematicity as arguments for non-referential semantics -- Full but not saturated: The myth of mandatory primary pragmatic processes -- How to get lost in context: Searle on context, content and literal meaning -- Meaning and interpretation -- The role of context in semantics: A Relevance Theory perspective -- Part 2: The contextual turn and the case for language use -- Boo semantics: Radical nonfactualism and non truth-conditional meaning -- Metaphor and mercurial content -- Part 3: The contextual turn and the case of analysis -- Context, two-dimensional semantics and conceptual analysis -- The use of the Binding Argument in the debate about location -- Slices of meaning: Levels of analysis and the unity of understanding -- Contributors -- Index.

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