Samadhan Mane Books

Exploring presupposition as a key pragmatic concept, this book delves into its connections with philosophy, logic, syntax, and speech act theory. It provides a thorough analysis of both semantic and pragmatic aspects, examining various presupposition-triggers with illustrative examples. Key properties such as defeasibility and behavior under negation are highlighted, alongside a discussion of the projection problem in relation to presuppositional grammar. This work aims to be a valuable resource for researchers in the field of Pragmatics globally.

Focusing on Pragmatics and the Theatre of the Absurd, this collection of articles explores various theories and concepts in English language and literature. It begins with an analysis of Harold Pinter's distinctive writing style, known as Pinteresque. Subsequent articles delve into the notion of Presupposition, highlighting its importance within Pragmatics and its relevance to the Theatre of the Absurd, showcasing the author's insights on these significant topics.

The book delves into conventional and conversational implicature, offering detailed definitions and explanations. It explores conversational implicature in relation to concepts like meaning, relevance, presupposition, and entailment. Grice's theory is thoroughly examined, including the cooperative principle and its maxims, alongside their observance and violations that lead to implicatures. The text also categorizes conversational implicature into particularized and generalized types, highlighting key properties such as defeasibility and calculability with relevant examples.

The present book deals with application of one of the significant pragmatic concepts, that is, Presupposition, to the two of the Absurd plays of Nobel Laureate, Harold Pinter. Pragmatic analysis of The Birthday Party and The Caretaker reveals the facets of Pinter's absurdism, which is widely known as Pinteresque Style. The analysis follows a well defined analyticsl model, analytical structure and analytical process. The venture has come out with concrete conclusions, which focuses on the reading between the lines.