COMMON GROUND AND MODAL DISAGREEMENT
COMMON GROUND AND MODAL DISAGREEMENT
Author(s): David HunterSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Addleton Academic Publishers
Keywords: common; ground; linguistic; factual; modal; disagreement
Summary/Abstract: The common ground in an inquiry consists of what the participants agree on, at least for the sake of the inquiry. The relations between the factual and linguistic components of common ground are notoriously difficult to trace. I clarify them by exploring how modal disagreements – disagreements about how things might be – interact with the linguistic and the factual common ground. I argue that modal agreement is essential to common ground of any kind.
Journal: Linguistic and Philosophical Investigations
- Issue Year: 2010
- Issue No: 9
- Page Range: 134-143
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English
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