Iten Corinne. Linguistic Meaning, Truth Conditions and Relevance: The Case of Concessives

Palgrave Macmillan. 2005. — 256 pages. — ISBN: 0333995732Many linguists and philosophers of language explain linguistic meaning in terms of truth conditions. This book focuses on the meanings of expressions that escape such truth-conditional treatment, in particular the concessives: but, even if, and although. Corinne Iten proposes semantic analyses of these expressions based on the cognitive framework of relevance theory. A thoroughly cognitive approach to linguistic meaning is presented in which linguistic forms are seen as mapping onto mental entities, rather than individuals and properties in the real world. Researchers and advanced students in pragmatics will find this account lucid, clear and accessible.Linguistic Meaning and Truth Conditions
Approaches to ‘Non-Truth-Conditional’ Meaning
Relevance Theory and ‘Non-Truth-Conditional’ Meaning
Denial, Contrast and Correction: The Meaning of but
Concession and Denial: The Meaning of although
Even and even if