Currently there is a great number of approaches to the semantics-pragmatics distinction on the market. This book is unique in that it offers a comprehensive overview comparison and critical evaluation of these approaches. Taking as a starting point the notorious difficulty of differentiating so-called literal from non-literal (or figurative) meaning it covers a wide range of the key current topics in semantics and pragmatics e.g. the saying/meaning distinction minimalism vs. contextualism unarticulated constituents indexicalism (generalised) conversational implicatures speech acts levels of meaning in interpretation the role of context in interpretation the nature of lexical meaning. Notably rather than taking a solely theoretical perspective the book integrates psycho- and neurolinguistic perspectives considering experimental results concerning the (differences in) processing of the various types of meaning covered. In terms of topics covered and perspectives taken it is equally well suited for undergraduate as well as postgraduate students of linguistics and/or philosophy of language.