) 3 Adjudicate objection 7 or objection 8. Further reading · The simplest and most natural introduction I know to the Possible- Worlds version of truth-conditional semantics is Lewis (1970). Then work up to Cresswell (1973). (Tough stuff, requiring knowledge of formal logic and set theory; but it all came from something much tougher, collected posthumously in Montague (1974).) · Two good textbook introductions to Montague Grammar are Chierchia and McConnell-Ginet (1990) and Weisler (1991). Part III Pragmatics and speech acts 11 Semantic pragmatics Overview Linguistic pragmatics is characterized as studying linguistic expressions' uses in social contexts. But there are two importantly different ways in which an expression's use depends on context. First, owing to the presence of such deictic elements as personal pronouns and tense, a sentence's propositional content varies from context to context (recall that "I am sick now" says dif-
lnterviewer.' Now, Peter,perhapsyou could explain to us breakdown, and if you everhaveto go into hospitaleveryone exactlywhat you mean when you say that famouspeople w i l l knowyourpersonal heal thdetai l s. h a v epr oblem slt. is c e rta i n l h y a rdfo r u s o rd i n a ryp e opl eto lnteruiewer: As you see,beingfamouscanbe quitecomplicated. i ma ginet hat f am ou sp e o p l eh a v ea n ys e ri o u ps ro b l e ms w hen Yousee,mostpeoplethink celebrities arerich,successful people most of them haveenoughmoneyto livea verycomfortable enjoying the attentionof the public.Onlya few realise that they l i fe.T heyals ohav el o ts o f p e o p l eta k i n gc a reo f th e m, l i ke arepeopletoo, who deserve someprivary. Thanksa lot, Peter,for
lnterviewer.' Now, Peter,perhapsyou could explain to us breakdown, and if you everhaveto go into hospitaleveryone exactlywhat you mean when you say that famouspeople w i l l knowyourpersonal heal thdetai l s. h a v epr oblem slt. is c e rta i n l h y a rdfo r u s o rd i n a ryp e opl eto lnteruiewer: As you see,beingfamouscanbe quitecomplicated. i ma ginet hat f am ou sp e o p l eh a v ea n ys e ri o u ps ro b l e ms w hen Yousee,mostpeoplethink celebrities arerich,successful people most of them haveenoughmoneyto livea verycomfortable enjoying the attentionof the public.Onlya few realise that they l i fe.T heyals ohav el o ts o f p e o p l eta k i n gc a reo f th e m, l i ke arepeopletoo, who deserve someprivary. Thanksa lot, Peter,for
lnterviewer.' Now, Peter,perhapsyou could explain to us breakdown, and if you everhaveto go into hospitaleveryone exactlywhat you mean when you say that famouspeople w i l l knowyourpersonal heal thdetai l s. h a v epr oblem slt. is c e rta i n l h y a rdfo r u s o rd i n a ryp e opl eto lnteruiewer: As you see,beingfamouscanbe quitecomplicated. i ma ginet hat f am ou sp e o p l eh a v ea n ys e ri o u ps ro b l e ms w hen Yousee,mostpeoplethink celebrities arerich,successful people most of them haveenoughmoneyto livea verycomfortable enjoying the attentionof the public.Onlya few realise that they l i fe.T heyals ohav el o ts o f p e o p l eta k i n gc a reo f th e m, l i ke arepeopletoo, who deserve someprivary. Thanksa lot, Peter,for
lnterviewer.' Now, Peter,perhapsyou could explain to us breakdown, and if you everhaveto go into hospitaleveryone exactlywhat you mean when you say that famouspeople w i l l knowyourpersonal heal thdetai l s. h a v epr oblem slt. is c e rta i n l h y a rdfo r u s o rd i n a ryp e opl eto lnteruiewer: As you see,beingfamouscanbe quitecomplicated. i ma ginet hat f am ou sp e o p l eh a v ea n ys e ri o u ps ro b l e ms w hen Yousee,mostpeoplethink celebrities arerich,successful people most of them haveenoughmoneyto livea verycomfortable enjoying the attentionof the public.Onlya few realise that they l i fe.T heyals ohav el o ts o f p e o p l eta k i n gc a reo f th e m, l i ke arepeopletoo, who deserve someprivary. Thanksa lot, Peter,for
annaabi.ee 
