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Abstract Abstract: Post-Gricean contextualist Jaszczolt（2005；2010；2016）holds that propositional meaning representation is free from syntactic constraints in her Default Semantics. Against this point of view, the present study argues that propositional meaning is constrained by syntactic information and thereby has drawn different conclusions. The analysis reveals that the view of syntactic constraint being overridden leads to theoretical inconsistency within Default Semantics, and particularly, its three supporting arguments have loopholes. In the process of propositional meaning representation, the syntactic information cannot be overridden or cancelled. Moreover, syntax (grammar) as the resource of language use interacts with pragmatics. This study is expected to shed new light on the current research on syntax-semantics-pragmatics interfaces or interactions. Key words: Default Semantics; syntactic constraint; syntax (grammar)- pragmatics interaction
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