| Relevance Relations in Discourse Revised Edition Contributor(s): Blass, Regina (Author), Austin, P. (Editor), Bresnan, J. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521032040 ISBN-13: 9780521032049 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $45.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2006 Annotation: 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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| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 401.41 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 6" W x 9" (0.97 lbs) 300 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 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. |
