Understanding Utterances
| Author | : Diane Blakemore |
| Publisher | : Wiley-Blackwell |
| Total Pages | : 204 |
| Release | : 1992-07-27 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0631158677 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780631158677 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (677 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Understanding Utterances by : Diane Blakemore
Download or read book Understanding Utterances written by Diane Blakemore and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1992-07-27 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.