Research outputs
2025
SUSAN STEBBING Philosophical Papers
SUSAN STEBBING Philosophical Papers (2025). .
2024
Alice Ambrose and Margaret MacDonald: Two Women Who Challenged Bertrand Russell on Ordinary Language
Chapman, S. (2024). Alice Ambrose and Margaret MacDonald: Two Women Who Challenged Bertrand Russell on Ordinary Language. In History of Analytic Philosophy (pp. 161-190). Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-33026-1_6
2023
'I don't know how it is best to put this thing down': Uncooperative narration in Ford Madox Ford's <i>The Good Soldier</i>
Chapman, S. (2023). 'I don't know how it is best to put this thing down': Uncooperative narration in Ford Madox Ford's <i>The Good Soldier</i>. LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. doi:10.1177/09639470231183042
When Arne met J. L.: attitudes to scientific method in empirical semantics, ordinary language philosophy and linguistics
Chapman, S. (2023). When Arne met J. L.: attitudes to scientific method in empirical semantics, ordinary language philosophy and linguistics. SYNTHESE, 201(4). doi:10.1007/s11229-023-04106-5
2021
‘Viennese Bombshells’: Reactions to Language, Truth and Logic from Ayer’s Philosophical Contemporaries
Chapman, S. (2021). ‘Viennese Bombshells’: Reactions to Language, Truth and Logic from Ayer’s Philosophical Contemporaries. In History of Analytic Philosophy (pp. 69-97). Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-50884-5_3
2020
The Pragmatics of Revision: George Moore’s Acts of Rewriting
Chapman, S. (2020). The Pragmatics of Revision: George Moore’s Acts of Rewriting. Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030412678
2019
Stebbing
Chapman, S. (2019). Stebbing. In B. Lee (Ed.), Philosophy of Language: The Key Thinkers (pp. 115-140). Bloomsbury Publishing.
Marked forms and indeterminate implicatures in Ernest Hemingway's <i>Fiesta</i>: <i>The Sun Also Rises</i>
Chapman, S. (2019). Marked forms and indeterminate implicatures in Ernest Hemingway's <i>Fiesta</i>: <i>The Sun Also Rises</i>. In PRAGMATICS AND LITERATURE (Vol. 35, pp. 21-43). doi:10.1075/lal.35.02cha
Pragmatics and Literature
Chapman, S., & Clark, B. (2019). Pragmatics and Literature. John Benjamins Publishing Company. Retrieved from https://benjamins.com/catalog/lal.35
2018
The experimental and the empirical: Arne Naess' statistical approach to philosophy
Chapman, S. R. (2018). The experimental and the empirical: Arne Naess' statistical approach to philosophy. British Journal for the History of Philosophy, 26(5), 961-981. doi:10.1080/09608788.2017.1336075
2017
Is pragmatics about mind-reading?
Chapman, S. (2017). Is pragmatics about mind-reading?. In I. Depraetere, & R. Salkie (Eds.), Semantics and Pragmatics: Drawing a Line (pp. 55-73). New York: Springer. Retrieved from https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319322452
2015
'Pragmatics and Stylistics'
Chapman, S. (2015). 'Pragmatics and Stylistics'. In V. Sotirova (Ed.), The Bloomsbury Companion to Stylistics (pp. 78-91). London: Bloomsbury. Retrieved from https://www.bloomsbury.com/
2014
Pragmatic Literary Stylistics
Chapman, S., & Clark, B. (Eds.) (2014). Pragmatic Literary Stylistics. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1057/9781137023278
'"Oh, do let's talk about something else -": What is not said and what is implicated in Elizabeth Bowen's The Last September'
Chapman, S. (2014). '"Oh, do let's talk about something else -": What is not said and what is implicated in Elizabeth Bowen's The Last September'. In S. Chapman, & B. Clark (Eds.), Pragmatic Literary Stylistics (pp. 36-54). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Getting the Philosopher out of the Armchair: J. L. Austin's Response to Logical Positivism in Comparison to that of Arne Naess
Chapman, S. (2014). Getting the Philosopher out of the Armchair: J. L. Austin's Response to Logical Positivism in Comparison to that of Arne Naess. In B. Garvey (Ed.), Austin on Language (pp. 108-123). Basingstoke: Springer. Retrieved from https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9781137329998_7
2013
Grice, Conversational Implicature and Philosophy
Chapman, S. (2013). Grice, Conversational Implicature and Philosophy. In PERSPECTIVES ON PRAGMATICS AND PHILOSOPHY (Vol. 1, pp. 153-188). doi:10.1007/978-3-319-01011-3_7
Susan Stebbing and the Language of Common Sense
Chapman, S. (2013). Susan Stebbing and the Language of Common Sense. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
2012
Towards a Neo-Gricean Stylistics: Implicature in Dorothy L. Sayers's <i>Gaudy Night</i>
Chapman, S. (2012). Towards a Neo-Gricean Stylistics: Implicature in Dorothy L. Sayers's <i>Gaudy Night</i>. JOURNAL OF LITERARY SEMANTICS, 41(2), 139-153. doi:10.1515/jls-2012-0009
2011
Arne Naess and Empirical Semantics
Chapman, S. (2011). Arne Naess and Empirical Semantics. INQUIRY-AN INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY, 54(1), 18-30. doi:10.1080/0020174X.2011.542946
Pragmatics
Chapman, S. (2011). Pragmatics. M. Tallerman (Ed.), Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
2010
Paul Grice and the philosophy of ordinary language
Chapman, S. (2010). Paul Grice and the philosophy of ordinary language. In K. Petrus, R. Breheny, & U. Sauerland (Eds.), Meaning and Analysis: New Essays on Grice (pp. 1-25). Basingstoke: Palgrave Mcmillan.
2009
"How could you tell how much of it was lies?" The controversy of truth in George Orwell's <i>Nineteen Eighty</i>-<i>Four</i>
Chapman, S. (2009). "How could you tell how much of it was lies?" The controversy of truth in George Orwell's <i>Nineteen Eighty</i>-<i>Four</i>. JOURNAL OF LITERARY SEMANTICS, 38(1), 71-86. doi:10.1515/jlse.2009.004
Key ideas in linguistics and the philosophy of language
Chapman, S., & Routledge, C. (2009). Key ideas in linguistics and the philosophy of language.
2008
Language and Empiricism: After the Vienna Circle
Chapman, S. (2008). Language and Empiricism: After the Vienna Circle. doi:10.1057/9780230583030
2007
"Meaning": Philosophical Forebears and Linguistic Descendants
Chapman, S. (2007). "Meaning": Philosophical Forebears and Linguistic Descendants. Teorema, XXVI(2), 59-75.
2006
Thinking About Language: Theories of English
Chapman, S. (2006). Thinking About Language: Theories of English. L. Jeffries (Ed.), Basinstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
2005
Paul Grice, Philosopher and Linguist
Chapman, S. (2005). Paul Grice, Philosopher and Linguist. doi:10.1057/9780230005853
Key Thinkers in Linguistics and the Philosophy of Language
Chapman, S., & Routledge, C. (Eds.) (2005). Key Thinkers in Linguistics and the Philosophy of Language. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
2003
Reading "great books" - Non truth-committed discourse and silly novel readers (literature as a type of discourse)
Routledge, C., & Chapman, S. (2003). Reading "great books" - Non truth-committed discourse and silly novel readers (literature as a type of discourse). FORUM FOR MODERN LANGUAGE STUDIES, 39(1), 1-14. doi:10.1093/fmls/39.1.1
2002
‘From their point of view’: voice and speech in George Moore’s Esther Waters
Chapman, S. (2002). ‘From their point of view’: voice and speech in George Moore’s Esther Waters. Language and Literature: International Journal of Stylistics, 11(4), 307-323. doi:10.1177/096394700201100402
2001
In defence of a code: Linguistic meaning and propositionality in verbal communication
Chapman, S. (2001). In defence of a code: Linguistic meaning and propositionality in verbal communication. JOURNAL OF PRAGMATICS, 33(10), 1553-1570. doi:10.1016/S0378-2166(01)00009-1
1999
The pragmatics of detection: Paul Auster’s City of Glass
Chapman, S., & Routledge, C. (1999). The pragmatics of detection: Paul Auster’s City of Glass. Language and Literature: International Journal of Stylistics, 8(3), 241-253. doi:10.1177/096394709900800303
1996
Some observations on metalinguistic negation
Chapman, S. (1996). Some observations on metalinguistic negation. JOURNAL OF LINGUISTICS, 32(2), 387-402. doi:10.1017/S0022226700015930