Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Introduction: Mind the gap 1
4. Selected books and articles by Herman Parret in philosophy of language and pragmatics 19
5. 1. Pragmatics (standard and not so standard)
6. Ordinaty time 25
7. Performatives as constatives vs. declarations 43
8. 'First/ second vs. third person' and ' first vs. second/ third person' 61
9. De la nécessité de prendre en compte la dimension praxéologique à tous les niveaux de l'organisation des discours 75
10. From optative and subjunctive to irrealis 87
11. Quand dire, c'est "faire rire aux dépens" 97
12. ...& beyond: Art, mind, and community
13. Pragmatics and evolution 117
14. Expressive language games 129
15. Language as pragmatics 139
16. Sharing...But why a language or world? 151
17. Identity as denial of diversity 171
18. Conceptual innovation in art 183
19. Index 197