Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Foreword Ix
4. Part I: Theorizing
5. 1. Pragmatics and communicative intentions 3
6. 2. Conversational relevance 31
7. 3. Strategies of understanding 52
8. 4. Two modes of understanding 82
9. 5. Individual and collective intentions 101
10. 6. How does a connective work? 115
11. 7. Commitment and involvement 149
12. 8. Cues, clues, and context 169
13. 9. Models of interpretation 194
14. Part II: Applying
15. 10. Understanding digressions 213
16. 11. Understanding a metaphor 244
17. 12. Three remarks on pragmatics and literature 273
18. 13. Understanding controversies 280
19. 14. Understanding misunderstanding 293
20. 15. Understanding the law 322
21. 16. Understanding jokes and dreams 362
22. 17. Understanding art 380
23. 18. Why does language matter to Artificial Intelligence? 402
24. 19. Pragmatics in the digital age 437
25. 20. Interpretation and tolerance 457
26. 21. Understanding other cultures 477
27. Part III: Meeting the alternatives
28. 22. Why should I ask her? 497
29. 23. Speech act theory and pragmatics 507
30. 24. The pragmatic structure of conversation 521
31. 25. Contextualism 542
32. 26. Does pragmatics need semantics? 562
33. 27. Pragmatics and foundationalism 594
34. 28. The marriage of pragmatics and rhetoric 600
35. 29. Hermeneutic interpretation and pragmatic interpretation 623
36. 30. The limits of interpretation 641
37. Sources and acknowledgments 660
38. References 666
39. Subject Index 695
40. Name Index 709