Semantics and Pragmatics Today

Editor’s Notes:Ken Turner(k.p.turner@bton.ac.uk)is currently senior lecturer in linguistics with special reference to the philosophy of language in the School of Language, Literature and Communication at the University of Brighton. He has previously held appointments in the Department of Linguistics and Modern English Language at the University of Lancaster and in the School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences at the University of Sussex. His principal research interests are in semantics and pragmatics and in pursuit of these interests he (a) has co-organised the International Conferences on Contrastive Semantics and Pragmatics (University of Brighton 1995, University of Cambridge 2000 and Shanghai International Studies University 2005); (b) has co-organised the first Where Semantics Meets Pragmatics Workshop, Michigan State University) and (c) acts as series co-editor for Current Research in the Semantics/Pragmatics Interface (CRiSPI), published with Elsevier Science. The first volume of this series was his The Semantics/Pragmatics Interface from Different Points of View. He has published widely on semantic and pragmatic themes, including editing or co-editing special issues of Language Sciences (1996), Journal of Pragmatics (2002), International Journal of Pragmatics (2003) and Acta Linguistica Hafniensia (2006). He is section editor for semantics and pragmatics in Blackwell’s new Language and Linguistics Compass and is currently preparing a book on conditionals. The following discussion has resulted from conversations between Ken Turner and Dingfang Shu, editor-in-chief of this journal, at the University of Brighton, where Shu stayed for a three-month visit during the summer of 2007.

Ken Turner（ k. p. turner@ bton. ac. uk） is currently senior lecturer in linguistics with special reference to the philosophy of language in the School of Language, Literature and Communication at the University of Brighton. He has previously held appointments in the Department of Linguistics and Modern English Language at the University of Lancaster and in the School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences at the University of Sussex. His principal research interests are in semantics and pragmatics and in pursuit of these interests he （a） has coorganised the International Conferences on Contrastive Semantics and Pragmatics （ University of Brighton ]995, University of Cambridge 2000 and Shanghai International Studies University 2005 ） ; （b） has co-organised the first Where Semantics Meets Pragmatics Workshop, Michigan State University） and （c） acts as series co-editor for Current Research in the Semantics/ Pragmatics Interface （ CRiSPI ）, published with Elsevier Science. The first volume of this series was his The Semantics/Pragmatics Interface from Different Points of View. He has published widely on semantic and pragmatic themes, including editing or co-editing special issues of Language Sciences （ 1996 ）, Joumal of Pragmatics （ 2002 ）, International Journal of Pragmatics （2003） and Acta Linguistica Hafniensia （2006）. He is section editor for semantics and pragmatics in Blackwell＇ s new Language and Linguistics Compass and is currently preparing a book on conditionals. The following discussion has resulted from conversations between Ken Turner and Dingfang Shu, editor-in-chief of this journal, at the University of Brighton, where Shu stayed for a three-month visit during the summer of 2007.