Preface 1. Overview I: The Landscape of Pragmatic Inference Introduction to Part I 2. The Gricean Framework 3. The Linguistic Turn 4. The Psychological Turn II: The Interpretive Effects of Linguistic Rules Introduction to Part II 5. The Scope of Linguistic Conventions 6. Speech Act Conventions: Indirection and Relevance 7. Presupposition and Anaphora: The Case of Tense and Aspect 8.

Information Structure: Intonation and Scalars Summary of Part II and Projection III: Varieties of Interpretive Reasoning Introduction to Part III 9. The Scope of Interpretive Reasoning 10. Perspective Taking: Metaphor 11. Presenting Utterances: Sarcasm, Irony, and Humor 12. Leaving Things Open: Hinting Summary of Part III and Projection IV: Theorizing Semantics and Pragmatics Introduction to Part IV 13. Interpretation and Intention Recognition 14. Inquiry and the Formal Underpinnings of Communication Conclusion.