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Semantics and Pragmatics of Negation
Rijeka: University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2018. urn:nbn:hr:186:867388
Vojnić, Viktor
University of Rijeka
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of Philosophy

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Vojnić, V. (2018). Semantics and Pragmatics of Negation (Master's thesis). Rijeka: University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:186:867388

Vojnić, Viktor. "Semantics and Pragmatics of Negation." Master's thesis, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2018. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:186:867388

Vojnić, Viktor. "Semantics and Pragmatics of Negation." Master's thesis, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2018. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:186:867388

Vojnić, V. (2018). 'Semantics and Pragmatics of Negation', Master's thesis, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, accessed 19 November 2024, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:186:867388

Vojnić V. Semantics and Pragmatics of Negation [Master's thesis]. Rijeka: University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; 2018 [cited 2024 November 19] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:186:867388

V. Vojnić, "Semantics and Pragmatics of Negation", Master's thesis, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Rijeka, 2018. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:186:867388

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TitleSemantics and Pragmatics of Negation
AuthorViktor Vojnić
MentorNenad Mišćević (mentor)
Committee memberNenad Smokrović (predsjednik povjerenstva)
Committee memberNenad Mišćević (član povjerenstva)
Committee memberMartina Blečić (član povjerenstva)
GranterUniversity of Rijeka
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
(Department of Philosophy)
Rijeka
Defense date and country2018-09-27, Croatia
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		HUMANISTIC SCIENCES
Philosophy
Abstract
There are three types of ambiguity which have prompted me to write this paper; scope ambiguity, metarepresentational ambiguity, and presupposition preservation or cancellation. To better understand these ambiguities, I try to provide examples for each of them, along with my initial intuitions on how one can approach to avoiding them. However, to better understand why these ambiguities arise, one must delve deeper into the basic tenants of negation; its semantics and pragmatics. In this paper, I try to outline four approaches to the semantics and pragmatics of negation, based on Robyn Carston’s Thoughts and Utterances. These approaches can be categorized as those of semantic ambiguity with pragmatic disambiguation, and those of semantic univocality with pragmatics still playing a major role in the understanding of negation. The scope distinction is highly relevant for the understanding of these approaches, as the ones of semantic univocality diverge precisely in this aspect; some of them take the narrow scope of negation to be pragmatically derived from the wide scope, while others propose that neither is derived from the other, but rather from a different starting point altogether.
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Languageenglish
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:186:867388
Study programmeTitle: Philosophy (double major); specializations in: General Track, Teaching Track
Course: General Track
Study programme type: university
Study level: graduate
Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra edukacije filozofije (magistar/magistra edukacije filozofije)
Study programmeTitle: English Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Teaching Track
Course: Teaching Track
Study programme type: university
Study level: graduate
Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra edukacije engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra edukacije engleskog jezika i književnosti)
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