Download or read book Understanding Quotation written by Elke Brendel and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-05-26 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies on the nature of quotation have become a topic of growing interest among linguists and philosophers of language. What is the function and logical status of quotations? How can an analysis of quotation help to develop a general theory of the semantics-pragmatics interface? This volume is a collection of original papers by leading researchers in the field on such issues and related linguistic and philosophical aspects of quotations.