Publication | Special issue
Social Meaning: Between Pragmatics and Sociolinguistics, but Where Exactly?
This special issue explores social meaning from the perspective of current theories in pragmatics.
- Author
- Guest Editors: William Salmon & Marina Terkourafi
- Date
- 04 February 2026
- Links
- Elsevier
This issue focuses on pragmatics and “social meaning.” Its goals are to assess the term “social meaning,” as it is not used in a consistent way by all; to explore the meaning taxonomies into which social meaning might fit; and, to explore how social meaning contributes to pragmatic interpretation.