Dr. Adam M. Croom
Introduction to Cognitive Science (COGSCI 1B)
Lecture 6: Semantics and Pragmatics
Introduction (0:00)
Introduction to Searle 1978 (3:55)
Literal meaning, context, and background knowledge (9:26)
Reasons why background knowledge cannot be fully and explicitly represented (25:26)
Introduction to Searle 1965 (31:12)
Speech acts as rule-governed behavior (33:15)
Regulative rules and constitutive rules (35:39)
Proposition (content) indicating devices and function (force) indicating devices (40:10)
Locutionary acts, illocutionary acts, and perlocutionary acts (49:00)
Statements, requests, promises, and apologies (55:18)
The cooperative principle and maxims of manner, quality, quantity, and relation (1:11:45)
Flouting conversational maxims in comedy (1:21:18)
Conclusion (1:41:14)
References
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Bach, K. (2006). Pragmatics and the philosophy of language. In L. R. Horn & G. Ward (Eds.), The Handbook of Pragmatics (pp. 463-487). Hoboken: Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470756959.ch21
Croom, A. M. (2014). The semantics of slurs: A refutation of pure expressivism. Language Sciences, 41, 227-242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.langsci.2013.07.003
Croom, A. M. (2010). Wittgenstein, Kripke, and the rule following paradox. Dialogue, 52, 103-109. https://www.academia.edu/221368/Wittgenstein_Kripke_and_the_rule_following_paradox
Grice, H. P. (1975). Logic and conversation. In P. Cole & J. L. Morgan (Eds.), Syntax and Semantics 3: Speech Acts (pp. 41-58). New York: Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004368811
Searle, J. R. (1978). Literal meaning. Erkenntnis, 13, 207-224. https://www.jstor.org/stable/20010627
Searle, J. R. (1965). What is a speech act? In M. Black (Ed.), Philosophy in America: Essays (pp. 221-239). London: Allen & Unwin. https://books.google.com/books/about/Philosophy_in_America.html?id=c1kNAAAAIAAJ