This volume offers the reader a singular overview of current thinking on indirect reports. The contributors are eminent researchers from the fields of philosophy of language, theoretical linguistics and communication theory, who answer questions on this important issue. This exciting area of controversy has until now mostly been treated from the viewpoint of philosophy. This volume adds the views from semantics, conversation analysis and sociolinguistics.

Authors address matters such as the issue of semantic minimalism vs. radical contextualism, the attribution of responsibility...

This book offers a complete overview of instances where pragmatics adds mettle to philosophical enquiry. It presents the argument of well known scholars who believe that pragmatics can be an indispensible tool for resolving philosophical problems.

This book explores the relationship between semantics and pragmatics. It introduces relevance theory as an important framework, allowing readers to familiarize themselves with technical details and linguistic terminology.