Interpretation as Pragmatics

Why is it that all interpretations are possible, and none is true? That some interpretations are just, but some are false? Lecercle draws on the resources of pragmatics, literary theory and the philosophy of language to propose a new theory of literary, but also of face-to-face, dialogue that charts the interaction between the five participants in the fields of dialogue and/or interpretation: author, reader, text, language and encyclopaedia. Interpretation is taken through its four stages, from glossing and enigma solving to translation and intervention.

Author: J. Lecercle
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 05/19/1999
Pages: 251
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.52h x 5.46w x 0.72d
ISBN: 9780312221539

About the Author
JEAN-JACQUES LECERCLE is Professor of English at the University of Nanterre, where he teaches English literature, linguistics and the philosophy of language. He is the author of Philosophy Through the Looking-Glass, The Violence of Language and Philosophy of Nonsense.