6. Causal connectives, conceptual and procedural meanings

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Foreword VII
3. Acknowledgments IX
4. Abstract XI
5. Contents XIII
6. Introduction 1
7. Part I: Theoretical foundations
8. 1. Types of meaning and the semantics-pragmatics interface 17
9. 2. Conceptual and procedural meaning: lexical and non-lexical pragmatics 47
10. Part II: Time and tenses
11. 3. Temporal reference and temporal order 79
12. 4. Directional inferences: A conceptual/procedural approach to tenses 111
13. Part III: Causality
14. 5. Causality, temporal order and argumentation 141
15. 6. Causal connectives, conceptual and procedural meanings 164
16. Part IV: Logical words
17. 7. Logical connectives and pragmatic meaning 195
18. 8. Descriptive and metalinguistic negation 220
19. Conclusion: How much is meaning conventional? 251
20. Bibliography 261
21. Name Index 273
22. Subject Index 275