Relevance Relations in Discourse: A Study with Special Reference to Sissala - Couverture souple

Blass, Regina

 
9780521032049: Relevance Relations in Discourse: A Study with Special Reference to Sissala
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ISBN 10 : 0521032040 ISBN 13 : 9780521032049
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Using the language Sissala, this book offers convincing evidence that although cultural backgrounds may vary widely, principles involved in utterance interpretation are universal.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

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.

Revue de presse

"The greatest strength of this book is the originality of the research." Notes on Linguistics

"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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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521032040
ISBN 13 
9780521032049
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
300
Coordonnées du fabricant
Buchpark GmbH
https://www.buchpark.de

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9780521385152: Relevance Relations in Discourse: A Study with Special Reference to Sissala

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0521385156 ISBN 13 :  9780521385152
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1990
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