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Relevance Relations in Discourse: A Study with Special Reference to Sissala (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, Series Number 55) - Softcover
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Using data from Sissala, a previously unanalyzed language, this book shows that the analysis of text and discourse is best approached from a cognitive rather than a strictly linguistic point of view. In two introductory chapters, Regina Blass argues that Sperber and Wilson's relevance theory, a general account of communication and cognition, sheds more light on conversational data than do alternative linguistic approaches based on such notions as cohesion, coherence, and topic. In subsequent chapters, she discusses the Sissala equivalents of words such as "indeed," "so," "after all," and "also," and compares them with their English, French, and German counterparts. This book offers convincing evidence that although cultural backgrounds may vary considerably, the principles involved in utterance interpretation are universally the same.
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This book shows that the analysis of text and discourse is best approached from a cognitive rather than a strictly linguistic point of view. Using the language Sissala, Regina Blass discusses Sissala particles and compares them with their English, French and German counterparts. This book offers convincing evidence that although cultural backgrounds may vary widely, principles involved in utterance interpretation are universal.
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"B's study contains a host of interesting observations and ideas, and reading it is very thought-provoking and rewarding." Language
"Regina Blass's book can be recommended to anyone interested in DA on a more advanced level and in particular to students of discourse of an interpretive orientation." Rask
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. This book uses Sperber and Wilson's relevance theory to show that connectivity in discourse is a pragmatic rather than a semantic matter: it results from relevance relations between text and context rather than from relations linguistically encoded in the text. In two introductory chapters, Regina Blass argues that relevance theory offers a more explanatory account of discourse connectivity than do alternative approaches based on notions of cohesion, coherence and topic. In subsequent chapters, she introduces data from the language Sissala and shows how relevance theory can play an important role in guiding and constraining semantic and pragmatic analyses of these data. This approach reveals unexpected results - for example the detection of an interpretive use marker in Sissala, with implications for the analysis of so-called 'hearsay phenomena' in other languages - and leads to an alternative basis for particle typology. Using the language Sissala, this book offers convincing evidence that although cultural backgrounds may vary widely, principles involved in utterance interpretation are universal. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780521032049
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