On Context And Pragmatic Inference

Language is the substance carrier through which people convey information in their communicating course, it is the undertaker of people's logical thinking. In our daily life, we can never depart from language.(we have to use language all the time.)There are two facets of speech communication, one side is expression, the other is understanding. People who participate in intercommunication use language not only to express their own thinking ,but also to understand and grasp others' meaning. How can we use proper language to express our thinking, and how can we well understand others' specific meaning of their languages? In terms of logic, The problem is how our logical thinking can be transited to the proper expression of language and how we can well understand the logical meaning from the expression. Pragmatic inference plays a role as a bridge to realize their transition. Pragmatic inference should study and catch the pragmatic meaning in communication. Logical pragmatic pay more attention to the study of natural language. To study some logical problems, such as the meaning of natural language and truth, it will come down to pragmatic inference finally.Pragmatic inference based on context. A so-called context refers to the mutual manifest cognitive context for catching the meaning of certainutterance when we use it to communicate with each other. Context is the basis of language explaining. This thesis comprehensively discusses context and pragmatic inference, After the definition on context and the analysis of two kinds of context views, I bring forward that context is the combination of static state and dynamic state. From the discussion about the definition, character and validity of pragmatic inference, I point out that the validity of pragmatic inference effectively based on truth ,and represent the character of optimizing and fitting. This thesis discusses the relation between context and pragmatic inference, and points out that context is the basis of pragmatic inference. Context plays explaining and restricting roles on pragmatic inference. The thesis also exploits the mode of pragmatic inference, puts forward that the pragmatic inference should be founded on the basis of the combination of static state and dynamic state. The mode of pragmatic inference is not a usage of single deduction or induction, but a integrated usage of various inference ways, so the research on the form of pragmatic inference is meaningful.