{"product_id":"9781405112642","title":"Sense and Sensitivity How Focus Determines Meaning","description":"\u003ch3\u003eExplorations in Semantics\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eSense and Sensitivity\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eHow Focus Determines Meaning\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDavid I. Beaver | Brady Z. Clark\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage Arts \u0026amp; Disciplines \/ Linguistics \/ Semantics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eSense and Sensitivity\u003c\/i\u003e advances a novel research proposal in the nascent field of formal pragmatics, exploring in detail the semantics and pragmatics of focus in natural language discourse. The authors develop a new account of focus sensitivity, and show that what has hitherto been regarded as a uniform phenomenon in fact results from three different mechanisms. The book  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eMakes a major contribution to ongoing research in the area of focus sensitivity – a field exploring interactions between sound and meaning, specifically the dependency some words have on the effects of focus, such as \"she only LIKES me\" (i.e. nothing deeper) compared to \"she only likes ME\" (i.e. nobody else)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses the features of the QFC theory (Quasi association, Free association, and Conventional association), a new account of focus implying a tripartite typology of focus-sensitive expressions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents novel cross-linguistic data on focus and focus sensitivity that will be relevant across a range of linguistic sub-fields: semantics and pragmatics, syntax, and intonational phonology\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConcludes with a case study of exclusives (like “only”), arguing that the entire existing literature has missed crucial generalizations, and for the first time explaining the focus sensitivity of these expressions in terms of their meaning and discourse function\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cb\u003eDavid I. Beaver\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Linguistics and Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of \u003ci\u003ePresupposition and Assertion in Dynamic Semantics\u003c\/i\u003e (2001); is co-editor of several books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Construction of Meaning\u003c\/i\u003e (2002); has authored numerous articles for prestigious journals including \u003ci\u003eLinguistics\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLanguage\u003c\/i\u003e; is on the editorial team or board of all the three leading journals in semantics; and is co-founder of a new open access journal, \u003ci\u003eSemantics and Pragmatics\u003c\/i\u003e, supported by the Linguistic Society of America.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrady Z. Clark\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of Linguistics at Northwestern University and a faculty member at the Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems. He is co-editor (with Beaver, Casillas-Martínez, and Kaufmann) of \u003ci\u003eThe Construction of Meaning\u003c\/i\u003e (2002). He has published in journals including \u003ci\u003eNatural Language Semantics\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLanguage,\u003c\/i\u003e on topics ranging from semantics to historical syntax and tutorial dialogue systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e02 September 2008\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405112642\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e328\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20.48\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378571505804,"sku":"9781405112642","price":51.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405112642.jpg?v=1780240721","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781405112642","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}