Preface
1. Overview
I: The Landscape of Pragmatic Inference
Introduction to Part I
2. The Gricean Framework
3. The Linguistic Turn
4. The Psychological Turn
II: The Interpretive Effects of Linguistic Rules
Introduction to Part II
5. The Scope of Linguistic Conventions
6. Speech Act Conventions: Indirection and Relevance
7. Presupposition and Anaphora: The Case of Tense and Aspect
8. Information Structure: Intonation and Scalars
Summary of Part II and Projection
III: Varieties of Interpretive Reasoning
Introduction to Part III
9. The Scope of Interpretive Reasoning
10. Perspective Taking: Metaphor
11. Presenting Utterances: Sarcasm, Irony, and Humor
12. Leaving Things Open: Hinting
Summary of Part III and Projection
IV: Theorizing Semantics and Pragmatics
Introduction to Part IV
13. Interpretation and Intention Recognition
14. Inquiry and the Formal Underpinnings of Communication
Conclusion