| Description |
xii, 254 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 240-249) and index. |
| Contents |
Communication failure and interpretive conflict. From personal disagreement to meaning troublespot ; Signs of trouble ; Different kinds of meaning question -- Making sense of 'meaning'. Meaning and the appeal to semantics ; Interpretive variation ; Time-based meaning -- Verbal disputes and approaches to resolving them. Meaning as a knockout competition ; Standards of interpretation -- Analysing disputes in different fields of law and regulation. Defamation : 'reasonably capable of bearing the meaning attributed' ; Advertising : 'not only what is said, but what is reasonably implied' ; Offensiveness : 'if there is a meaning, it is doubtless objectionable' -- Conclusion. Trust in interpretation. |
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Mass media.
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Meaning (Psychology)
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Debates and debating.
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| ISBN |
9780521199582 (hbk.) |
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0521199581 (hbk.) |
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9780521136402 (pbk.) |
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0521136407 (pbk.) |
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