Understanding Utterances: An Introduction to Pragmatics (Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics)

Blakemore, Diane

ISBN 10: 0631158677 / ISBN 13: 9780631158677

Published by Wiley-Blackwell, 1992

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Understanding Utterances: An Introduction to Pragmatics (Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics)
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0631158677
• ISBN 13: 9780631158677
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1753695971.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: 47188988
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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.

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.