Applications of Relevance Theory

Applications of Relevance Theory PDF Author: Agnieszka Piskorska
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443891681
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 345

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Book Description
The collection of papers discusses various applications of Relevance Theory within several areas of pragmatics and discourse analysis. It covers an array of topics, including the treatment of figurative language, pragmatic markers and lexical pragmatics within Relevance Theory. It also discusses relevance-theoretic analyses of special kinds of discourse, such as discourse emerging from the internet or from psychotherapeutic sessions. The volume will primarily interest relevance theorists and scholars working on the subjects addressed by particular chapters.