?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Exploring+the+borderline+between+procedural+encoding+and+pragmatic+inference&rft.creator=Unger%2C+Dr+Christoph&rft.subject=Semantics&rft.subject=Pragmatics&rft.description=Exploring+the+borderline+between+%0D%0Aprocedural+encoding+and+pragmatic+%0D%0Ainference+%0D%0ASperber+%26+Wilson+(1995)+argue+for+a+view+of+verbal+communication+as+consisting+of+two+in-+%0D%0Ateracting+processes%3A+linguistic+coding-decoding+process+and+pragmatic+inference+processes.+%0D%0AThis+approach+to+verbal+communication+raises+the+question+of+where+the+borderline+between+%0D%0Acoding+and+inference+should+be+drawn.+Wilson+%26+Sperber+(1993)+discussed+this+question+and+%0D%0Apointed+out+that+this+borderline+is+characterized+by+two+ways+in+which+linguistic+meaning+%0D%0Acan+interact+with+pragmatic+inferences+in+intimate+ways%3A+one+is+by+linguistically+encoding+%0D%0Aprocessing+procedures%2C+that+is%2C+inference+patterns%2C+and+the+other+is+by+using+linguistic+forms+%0D%0Aas+catalysts+for+pragmatic+inference+processes+(%E2%80%98Linguistically+communicated+but+not+lin-+%0D%0Aguistically+encoded+meaning%E2%80%99+in+Wilson+%26+Sperber%E2%80%99s+terms).+The+phenomenon+of+procedural+%0D%0Aencoding+has+received+a+lot+of+attention+since+Blakemore%E2%80%99s+(1987)+foundational+work.+Inves-+%0D%0Atigation+of+the+phenomenon+of+linguistically+communicated+but+not+linguistically+encoded+%0D%0Ameaning+has+been+largely+confined+to+the+study+of+coordination+(for+discussion%2C+see+Carston+%0D%0A1993%3B+Blakemore+%26+Carston+2005%2C+and+Blass+1990+on+a+different+aspect+of+conjunction).+In+this+%0D%0Apaper+I+want+to+focus+on+some+other+types+of+linguistically+communicated+but+not+encoded+%0D%0Ameanings%2C+following+leads+by+Gutt+(2000)+and+Unger+(2006).+My+hope+is+that+this+study+will+%0D%0Anot+only+enhance+our+view+of+the+relation+between+pragmatics+and+semantics%2C+but+also+our+%0D%0Aunderstanding+of+the+nature+of+procedural+encoding.+%0D%0AGutt+discusses+communicative+clues%2C+that+is%2C+properties+of+the+stimulus+(utterance)+that+the+%0D%0Acommunicator+uses+with+the+intent+to+guide+the+audience+to+the+intended+meaning.+Those+%0D%0Aproperties+may+include+the+semantic+contents+of+verbal+expressions+as+well+as+non-linguistic+%0D%0Aproperties%2C+but+Gutt+discusses+quite+a+few+linguistic+communicative+clues+for+unencoded+%0D%0Ameaning.+Unger+(2006)+explains+the+often+noticed+relation+between+tense-aspect-mood+indi-+%0D%0Acators+to+indicate+foreground+events+in+narratives+in+similar+terms.+Since+according+to+Unger+%0D%0A(2006)+the+notion+of+foreground+and+background+in+discourse+cannot+be+satisfactorily+de-+%0D%0Afined%2C+this+notion+cannot+be+encoded+and+a+purely+pragmatic+analysis+is+called+for.+Neverthe-+%0D%0A1%0D%0Aless%2C+since+linguistic+properties+are+involved+in+indicating+foreground+and+background%2C+these+%0D%0Adiscourse+effects+are+linguistically+communicated%2C+although+not+linguistically+encoded.+%0D%0AA+possible+objection+to+this+analysis+might+be+that+the+use+of+communicative+clues+such+as+us-+%0D%0Aing+certain+aspect+forms+not+for+their+semantic+value+but+for+indicating+fore-+or+background-+%0D%0Aing+in+discourse+appear+to+be+conventionalized.+Would+this+not+indicate+that+linguistic+encod-+%0D%0Aing+(presumably+procedural+encoding)+is+at+work%3F+Moreno+(2007)+points+out+that+the+cogni-+%0D%0Ative+principle+of+relevance+predicts+that+when+an+individual+processes+it+the+same+properties+%0D%0Aof+stimuli+in+similar+contexts+repeatedly%2C+the+inferential+steps%E2%80%94contextual+assumptions%2C+ad-+%0D%0Ahoc+concept+constructions%2C+implications%E2%80%94will+become+ever+more+easily+accessible%2C+a+process+%0D%0Athat+can+lead+to+the+establishment+of+pragmatic+routines.+Pragmatic+routines+are+still+infer-+%0D%0Aential+processes%2C+they+do+not+amount+to+encoded+processing+procedures.+It+is+likely+that+the+%0D%0Aconventionalization+of+some+linguistic+communicative+clues+for+not+linguistically+encoded+%0D%0Ameaning+can+be+accounted+for+as+pragmatic+routines.+This+raises+questions+about+the+na-+%0D%0Ature+of+pragmatic+routines+and+of+encoded+procedures.+These+questions+will+be+discussed+%0D%0Arecognizing+that+a+deeper+understanding+of+procedural+encoding+results+not+only+from+con-+%0D%0Atrasting+this+phenomenon+from+conceptual+encoding%2C+but+also+with+pragmatic+routines%2C+and+%0D%0Alinguistically+communicated+but+not+encoded+meaning+in+general.+%0D%0AIf+these+observations+are+right%2C+then+it+appears+that+the+impact+of+inferential+theories+of+prag-+%0D%0Amatics+on+linguistics+reaches+beyond+the+recognition+of+the+phenomenon+of+procedural+en-+%0D%0Acoding%3A+besides+linguistic+encoding+and+pragmatic+inference%2C+the+association+of+linguistic+%0D%0Aexpressions+with+pragmatic+routines+is+an+important+factor+in+the+use+of+language+for+com-+%0D%0Amunication.+%0D%0AReferences+%0D%0ABlakemore%2C+Diane.+1987.+Semantic+Constraints+on+Relevance.+Oxford%3A+Blackwell.+%0D%0ABlakemor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