The Semantics and Pragmatics of Quotation

Includes contributions from a wide range of leading scholars on quotation in philosophy and linguistics
Illustrates cutting edge research on new topics such as quotation across split utterances in dialogue
Is the only edited volume on quotation that is not based on a conference

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Part I. Use & Mention.- Scare-Quoting and Incorporation, Mark McCullagh.- Blah, blah, blah: Quasi-Quotation and Unquotation, Paul Saka.- Use-Mention Confusions in Sloppy, Colloquial Speech, Marga Reimer.- A Bridge from the Use-Mention Distinction to Natural Language Processing, Shomir Wilson.- Part II. Quotation Unified.- Unity in the Variety of Quotation, Kirk Ludwig & Greg Ray.- Semantics vs. Pragmatics in Impure Quotation, Mario Gómez-Torrente.- Reference and Reference-Fixing in Pure Quotation, Manuel García-Carpintero.- Quotation in Dialogue, Eleni Gregoromichelaki.- Part III. New Directions.- The Pragmatics of Attraction: Explaining Unquotation in Direct and Free Indirect Discourse, Emar Maier.- Quotation through History: A Historical Case for the Proper Treatment of Quotation, Michael Johnson.- Ideo- and Auto-Reflexive Quotation, Wayne A. Davis.- Referential Analysis of Quotation, Dale Jacquette.- Monsters and I: The Case of Mixed Quotation, KasiaM. Jaszczolt and Minyao Huang