Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Case Studies A and B: Two short dialogues -- Chapter 3 Case Study C: Driving on Interstate 70 to the Rockies -- Chapter 4 Case Study D: Getting to Mt Bethel and starting the hike -- Chapter 5 Case Study E: Tyrone and Mary come on stage -- Chapter 6 Conclusions: Overall discussion of the results of the case studies -- Appendix 1: A qualitative study on some of the implicatures invited by the text analyzed in Case Studies C and D -- Appendix 2: A qualitative study on some inferences invited by the text in case study E -- References -- Subject index