Author: Billy Clark
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521878209
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
The definitive introduction to relevance theory, starting from the basics and covering all its key ideas.
Relevance Theory
Author: Billy Clark
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521878209
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
The definitive introduction to relevance theory, starting from the basics and covering all its key ideas.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521878209
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
The definitive introduction to relevance theory, starting from the basics and covering all its key ideas.
Relevance Theory
Author: Agnieszka Piskorska
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443845760
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
The present volume covers a variety of topics which are at the centre of interest in pragmatic research: understanding and believing, reference, politeness, communication problems, stylistics, metaphor, and humour. Next to innovative theoretical proposals, there are interesting analyses and discussions.
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443845760
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
The present volume covers a variety of topics which are at the centre of interest in pragmatic research: understanding and believing, reference, politeness, communication problems, stylistics, metaphor, and humour. Next to innovative theoretical proposals, there are interesting analyses and discussions.
Applications of Relevance Theory
Author: Agnieszka Piskorska
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443891681
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 345
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.
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443891681
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 345
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.
Relevance Theory
Author: Robyn Carston
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 902728556X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
This collection of papers arises from a meeting of relevance theorists held in Osaka, May 29-30, 1993. Speakers at the conference included both of the originators of the theory, Dan Sperber and Deirdre Wilson, the editors of this volume and several other Japanese linguists and pragmatists, all of whose work is included. The full breadth and richness of relevance theory is represented here, both in its applications to problems of utterance interpretation, that fall squarely within the domain of pragmatics, and its implications for linguistic semantics. Several papers investigate and assess the theory’s account of figurative uses of language, such as irony, metaphor and metonymy. Other central pragmatic issues include a relevance-driven account of generalized implicature, the role of bridging implicatures in reference assignment, the way in which different intonation patterns contribute to the relevance of an utterance and the application of the theory to literary texts. The recently developed semantic distinction between conceptually and procedurally encoded meaning, motivated by relevance-theoretic considerations, is employed in new accounts of several Japanese particles and in a fresh perspective on the phenomenon of metalinguistic negation. The volume comes with a comprehensive glossary of relevance-theoretic terms.
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 902728556X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
This collection of papers arises from a meeting of relevance theorists held in Osaka, May 29-30, 1993. Speakers at the conference included both of the originators of the theory, Dan Sperber and Deirdre Wilson, the editors of this volume and several other Japanese linguists and pragmatists, all of whose work is included. The full breadth and richness of relevance theory is represented here, both in its applications to problems of utterance interpretation, that fall squarely within the domain of pragmatics, and its implications for linguistic semantics. Several papers investigate and assess the theory’s account of figurative uses of language, such as irony, metaphor and metonymy. Other central pragmatic issues include a relevance-driven account of generalized implicature, the role of bridging implicatures in reference assignment, the way in which different intonation patterns contribute to the relevance of an utterance and the application of the theory to literary texts. The recently developed semantic distinction between conceptually and procedurally encoded meaning, motivated by relevance-theoretic considerations, is employed in new accounts of several Japanese particles and in a fresh perspective on the phenomenon of metalinguistic negation. The volume comes with a comprehensive glossary of relevance-theoretic terms.
Relevance, Pragmatics and Interpretation
Author: Kate Scott
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108418635
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
Showcases recent research by leading scholars working within the relevance-theoretic pragmatics framework.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108418635
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
Showcases recent research by leading scholars working within the relevance-theoretic pragmatics framework.
Current Issues in Relevance Theory
Author: Villy Rouchota
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027250723
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
Many of the papers included in this volume were first presented at the 5th International Pragmatics Conference held in July 1996 in Me×ico City. Topics covered include: the relevance theoretic approach to lingustic semantics; and the application of theory to the study of sociolinguistic theory.
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027250723
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
Many of the papers included in this volume were first presented at the 5th International Pragmatics Conference held in July 1996 in Me×ico City. Topics covered include: the relevance theoretic approach to lingustic semantics; and the application of theory to the study of sociolinguistic theory.
The Handbook of Pragmatics
Author: Laurence Horn
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470756713
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 864
Book Description
The Handbook of Pragmatics is a collection of newly commissioned articles that provide an authoritative and accessible introduction to the field, including an overview of the foundations of pragmatic theory and a detailed examination of the rich and varied theoretical and empirical subdomains of pragmatics. Contains 32 newly commissioned articles that outline the central themes and challenges for current research in the field of linguistic pragmatics. Provides authoritative and accessible introduction to the field and a detailed examination of the varied theoretical and empirical subdomains of pragmatics. Includes extensive bibliography that serves as a research tool for those working in pragmatics and allied fields in linguistics, philosophy, and cognitive science. Valuable resource for both students and professional researchers investigating the properties of meaning, reference, and context in natural language.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470756713
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 864
Book Description
The Handbook of Pragmatics is a collection of newly commissioned articles that provide an authoritative and accessible introduction to the field, including an overview of the foundations of pragmatic theory and a detailed examination of the rich and varied theoretical and empirical subdomains of pragmatics. Contains 32 newly commissioned articles that outline the central themes and challenges for current research in the field of linguistic pragmatics. Provides authoritative and accessible introduction to the field and a detailed examination of the varied theoretical and empirical subdomains of pragmatics. Includes extensive bibliography that serves as a research tool for those working in pragmatics and allied fields in linguistics, philosophy, and cognitive science. Valuable resource for both students and professional researchers investigating the properties of meaning, reference, and context in natural language.
Meaning and Relevance
Author: Deirdre Wilson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 052176677X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 397
Book Description
When people speak, their words never fully encode what they mean, and the context is always compatible with a variety of interpretations. How can comprehension ever be achieved? Wilson and Sperber argue that comprehension is a process of inference guided by precise expectations of relevance. What are the relations between the linguistically encoded meanings studied in semantics and the thoughts that humans are capable of entertaining and conveying? How should we analyse literal meaning, approximations, metaphors and ironies? Is the ability to understand speakers' meanings rooted in a more general human ability to understand other minds? How do these abilities interact in evolution and in cognitive development? Meaning and Relevance sets out to answer these and other questions, enriching and updating relevance theory and exploring its implications for linguistics, philosophy, cognitive science and literary studies.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 052176677X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 397
Book Description
When people speak, their words never fully encode what they mean, and the context is always compatible with a variety of interpretations. How can comprehension ever be achieved? Wilson and Sperber argue that comprehension is a process of inference guided by precise expectations of relevance. What are the relations between the linguistically encoded meanings studied in semantics and the thoughts that humans are capable of entertaining and conveying? How should we analyse literal meaning, approximations, metaphors and ironies? Is the ability to understand speakers' meanings rooted in a more general human ability to understand other minds? How do these abilities interact in evolution and in cognitive development? Meaning and Relevance sets out to answer these and other questions, enriching and updating relevance theory and exploring its implications for linguistics, philosophy, cognitive science and literary studies.
Relevance-Theoretic Lexical Pragmatics
Author: Ewa Wałaszewska
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443885568
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
This volume is one of the first books to present a comprehensive view of lexical pragmatics, describing its origins, assumptions, scope, methodology and the various approaches to it, focusing specifically on the approach offered by relevance theory. In addition to theoretical considerations, the book discusses particular linguistic expressions and pragmatic phenomena, showing how the relevance-theoretic tools may be used to explore pragmatically motivated changes to lexically encoded meanings. The most recent developments are discussed and questions are asked to indicate directions for further research within this rapidly developing field.
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443885568
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
This volume is one of the first books to present a comprehensive view of lexical pragmatics, describing its origins, assumptions, scope, methodology and the various approaches to it, focusing specifically on the approach offered by relevance theory. In addition to theoretical considerations, the book discusses particular linguistic expressions and pragmatic phenomena, showing how the relevance-theoretic tools may be used to explore pragmatically motivated changes to lexically encoded meanings. The most recent developments are discussed and questions are asked to indicate directions for further research within this rapidly developing field.
Relevance Theory
Author: Ernst-August Gutt
Publisher: Sil International, Global Publishing
ISBN: 9780883128206
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book describes the nature of communication, the implications it has for the theory of translation, and its application to Bible translation.
Publisher: Sil International, Global Publishing
ISBN: 9780883128206
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book describes the nature of communication, the implications it has for the theory of translation, and its application to Bible translation.