ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts covered in the preceding chapters of this book. The book expresses that with respect to the semantic/pragmatic border war, the key issue of formulating a semantic theory of quotation is to characterize the semantic content of quotation. It discusses some theoretical and philosophical implications. The book is based on two frameworks of academic analysis. One pertains to the semantic theory in general and the other is related to the semantic account of quotation. It elaborates on the perception of quotation as both representational and metarepresentational. It establishes a semantic theory that gives a unitary characterization of open and closed quotations, which is achieved by developing the narrowly defined sense of use and mention into two dimensions that together shape the semantic profile of quotation. The book provides a better understanding of the issues and the trade-offs, rather than a resolution to the question.
