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Understanding Utterances: An Introduction to Pragmatics (Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics) - Hardcover
Synopsis
This textbook provides an introduction to pragmatics from the point of view of Sperber and Wilson's Relevance Theory. The first part lays down the foundations of a relevance theoretic approach to utterance understanding, which is then applied to the analysis of a range of phenomena which are central to pragmatics.
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This textbook provides an introduction to pragmatics from the point of view of Sperber and Wilson's Relevance Theory. The first part lays down the foundations of a relevance theoretic approach to utterance understanding, which is then applied to the analysis of a range of phenomena which are central to pragmatics.
About the Author
Diane Blakemore is Lecturer in Linguistics at Southampton University. Her book on Semantic Constraints on Relevance was published by Blackwell in 1987.
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- PublisherBlackwell Pub
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 0631158669
- ISBN 13 9780631158660
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages191
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