What exactly is meant by the term 'knowledge'? What are the different
kinds of knowledge? How might this be shared in a dialogue between two
interlocutors, within a shared common ground, in the realization of
successful speech acts?
This volume investigates the nature of language, culture, knowledge, and
context, and their interrelationships. Each of these is defined - in
terms of their relationship to language in particular, and to identify
their respective properties.
Cultural and other knowledge is also found within the linguistic
landscape and the artifacts within our environment. The book explores
the ways that language is central to expressions of knowledge and
culture. It draws a comprehensive and representative picture of the
dimensions of meaning, emerging from the interrelationship between these
domains of language, culture, knowledge, and context.